IGF-I, IGFBP-3, and IGF-I/IGFBP-3 ratio: no association with incident colorectal cancer in the Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention Study

Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Jul;17(7):1832-4. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-08-0345.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Biomarkers, Tumor / blood
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / blood*
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Colorectal Neoplasms / prevention & control
  • Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
  • Finland / epidemiology
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3 / blood*
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I / metabolism*
  • Middle Aged
  • Prognosis
  • Retrospective Studies
  • Risk Factors
  • Time Factors
  • alpha-Tocopherol / therapeutic use*
  • beta Carotene / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Biomarkers, Tumor
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor Binding Protein 3
  • beta Carotene
  • Insulin-Like Growth Factor I
  • alpha-Tocopherol