Pigmentation phototype and prostate and breast cancer in a select Spanish population-A Mendelian randomization analysis in the MCC-Spain study.

INTRODUCTION:Phototype has been associated with an increased risk of prostate cancer, and it is yet unknown if it is related to other hormone-dependent cancers, such as breast cancer or whether this association could be considered causal. METHODS:We examined the association between the phototype and...

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Main Authors: Inés Gómez-Acebo, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, Camilo Palazuelos, Pablo Fernández-Navarro, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Jéssica Alonso-Molero, Carmen Urtiaga, Tania Fernández-Villa, Eva Ardanaz, Manuel Rivas-Del-Fresno, Ana Molina-Barceló, José-Juan Jiménez-Moleón, Lidia García-Martinez, Pilar Amiano, Paz Rodriguez-Cundin, Víctor Moreno, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Nuria Aragonés, Manolis Kogevinas, Marina Pollán, Javier Llorca
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC6091948?pdf=render