Cigarettes and alcohol in relation to colorectal cancer: the Singapore Chinese Health Study

• Published in: British journal of cancer Vol. 96; no. 5; pp. 821 - 827
• Main Authors: TSONG, W. H, KOH, W.-P, YUAN, J.-M, WANG, R, SUN, C.-L, YU, M. C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Basingstoke Nature Publishing Group 12.03.2007
• Subjects: Aged; Alcohol; Alcohol Drinking - adverse effects; Beer; Biological and medical sciences; Cancer research; Cigarettes; Colorectal cancer; Colorectal Neoplasms - etiology; Epidemiology; Ethanol; Exercise; Female; Health care; Humans; Male; Medical research; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Population; Preventive medicine; Questionnaires; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Singapore - epidemiology; Skin cancer; Smoking; Smoking - adverse effects; Tobacco, tobacco smoking; Toxicology; Tumors; Women; Asia; China; Singapore; Minneapolis Minnesota; United States > US; Rectal disease; Ethanol; Health; Colorectal cancer; Tobacco smoking; Malignant tumor; alcohol drinking; Colonic disease; Cigarette; cigarette smoking; Alcoholic beverage; Singapore Chinese; Cancerology; Digestive diseases; Intestinal disease; Chinese

The relations were examined between colorectal cancer and cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption within the Singapore Chinese Health Study, a population-based, prospective cohort of 63 257 middle-aged and older Chinese men and women enrolled between 1993 and 1998, from whom baseline data on cigar...