Is diabetes mellitus an independent risk factor for colon cancer and rectal cancer?

H Yuhara, C Steinmaus, SE Cohen… - Official journal of the …, 2011 - journals.lww.com
OBJECTIVES: Diabetes mellitus (DM) has been associated with an increased risk of
colorectal cancer (CRC). The American College of Gastroenterology Guidelines for …

[PDF][PDF] Functions of the Gallbladder

C Housset, Y Chrétien, D Debray, N Chignard - Compr Physiol, 2016 - researchgate.net
The gallbladder stores and concentrates bile between meals. Gallbladder motor function is
regulated by bile acids via the membrane bile acid receptor, TGR5, and by neurohormonal …

Risk factors for cholelithiasis

M Pak, G Lindseth - Gastroenterology Nursing, 2016 - journals.lww.com
Gallstone disease is one of the most common public health problems in the United States.
Approximately 10%–20% of the national adult populations currently carry gallstones, and …

[HTML][HTML] Colorectal cancer: Epidemiology, risk factors, and protective factors

FA Macrae, RM Goldberg… - Uptodate com [ažurirano …, 2016 - lifewithnogallbladder.org
Cholecystectomy—A relationship between cholecystectomy and right-sided colon cancer
has been described in some reports. As an example, in a study of 278,460 patients followed …

Intestinal cancer after cholecystectomy: is bile involved in carcinogenesis?

J Lagergren, W Ye, A Ekbom - Gastroenterology, 2001 - Elsevier
Background & Aims: Results concerning an association between cholecystectomy and right-
sided colon cancer are inconsistent. Little is known about the relation between …

Gallstones, cholecystectomy, and risk of digestive system cancers

L Nogueira, ND Freedman, EA Engels… - American journal of …, 2014 - academic.oup.com
Gallstones and cholecystectomy may be related to digestive system cancer through
inflammation, altered bile flux, and changes in metabolic hormone levels. Although …

Gallstone disease in children

J Svensson, E Makin - Seminars in pediatric surgery, 2012 - Elsevier
Gallstone disease in children is evolving, and for the previous 3 decades, the frequency for
surgery has increased greatly. This is in part because of improved diagnostic modalities, but …

Cholecystectomy and the risk for developing colorectal cancer and distal colorectal adenomas

ES Schernhammer, MF Leitzmann, DS Michaud… - British journal of …, 2003 - nature.com
Earlier work describes a modest association between cholecystectomy and the risk of
colorectal cancer. We conducted a prospective study of 85 184 women, 36–61 years old …

Epidemiology and prevention of colorectal cancer

ET Hawk, PJ Limburg, JL Viner - Surgical Clinics, 2002 - surgical.theclinics.com
Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the fourth most frequently diagnosed cancer in the United States
and has the second highest cancer-related mortality rate after lung cancer [1]. Although the …

Cancer risk in patients with cholelithiasis and after cholecystectomy: a nationwide cohort study

YK Chen, JH Yeh, CL Lin, CL Peng, FC Sung… - Journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background This study examined the association of cholelithiasis post-cholecystectomy with
subsequent cancers and evaluated the risk of cancer in patients with both cholelithiasis and …