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Khankari NK, Banbury BL, Borges MC, Haycock P, Albanes D, Arndt V, Berndt SI, Bézieau S, Brenner H, Campbell PT, Casey G, Chan AT, Chang-Claude J, Conti DV, Cotterchio M, English DR, Figueiredo JC, Giles GG, Giovannucci EL, Gunter MJ, Hampe J, Hoffmeister M, Hopper JL, Jenkins MA, Joshi AD, Marchand LL, Lemire M, Li CI, Li L, Lindblom A, Martín V, Moreno V, Newcomb PA, Offit K, Pharoah PDP, Rennert G, Sakoda LC, Schafmayer C, Schmit SL, Slattery ML, Song M, Thibodeau SN, Ulrich CM, Weinstein SJ, White E, Win AK, Wolk A, Woods MO, Wu AH, Cai Q, Denny JC, Edwards TL, Murff HJ, Gruber SB, Peters U, Zheng W. Mendelian Randomization of Circulating Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and Colorectal Cancer Risk. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology. 2020 Apr;29(29). 860-870. NIHMSID: NIHMS1554651.
Abstract
Results from epidemiologic studies examining polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) and colorectal cancer risk are inconsistent. Mendelian randomization may strengthen causal inference from observational studies. Given their shared metabolic pathway, examining the combined effects of aspirin/NSAID use with PUFAs could help elucidate an association between PUFAs and colorectal cancer risk.