title: Menopause and colorectal cancer.
abstract: Post-menopausal women who have never used hormone replacement therapy have a higher risk of colon, but not rectal, cancer than do premenopausal women of the same age, socio-cultural class and dietary habits. Such risk increase seems to last about 10 years and to be restricted to lean women, a group who have lower levels of oestradiol after ovarian function ceases after menopause.
authors.affiliation: Servizio di Epidemiologia, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano (PN), Italy.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Franceschi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Gallus
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talamini
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tavani
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Negri
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
mesh_terms: D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D020249:Hormone Replacement Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008593:Menopause; D008875:Middle Aged; D016017:Odds Ratio; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D012307:Risk Factors