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 (Journal Indexed in SCI) identifier identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 112 Issue: 6
  • Publication Date: 2011
  • Title of Journal : BRATISLAVA MEDICAL JOURNAL-BRATISLAVSKE LEKARSKE LISTY
  • 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

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