The effect of prenatal factors on the development of colon cancer

ÖZDEMİR F., ERSOY K., TOPBAŞ M., FİDAN E., YILDIZ B., Kavgaci H., ...More

BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY, vol.112, no.6, pp.342-345, 2011 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 112 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Journal Name: BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.342-345
  • Keywords: prenatal factors, colon cancer, father age, SPORADIC HEREDITARY RETINOBLASTOMA, CHILDHOOD BRAIN-TUMORS, PERINATAL RISK-FACTORS, PARENTAL AGE, BREAST-CANCER, BIRTH CHARACTERISTICS, PASSIVE SMOKING, TOBACCO-SMOKE, UNITED-STATES, PATERNAL AGE
  • Karadeniz Technical University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Background: There is some evidence that prenatal factors can play a role in the development of colon cancer. Children with an old parent age at the time of birth were observed to develop certain childhood cancers more frequently