Colorectal Cancer Etiology -ENTERICOS

Title: ENTERICOS: disinfection by-products and other environmental, genetic and molecular deter-minants of colorectal cancer. (FIS PI081359)

Period: 2009-11

Finnacing Entity: Fondo de Investigaciones de la Seguridad Social, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Spanish Ministry of Health (FIS).

Principal Investigator: Victor Moreno

Description: ENTERICOS is a case-control study to evaluate the risk of colorectal cancer associated to exposure to disinfection by-products (DBP) and the interaction with genetic factors measured as polymorphisms in genes related to metabolism, DNA repair or inflammatory response.