Scientists make smoking and bowel cancer link
A firm link between smoking and bowel cancer has been established following a review of studies into the area.
Smoking has long been known to be a contributory factor to the development of many cancers, but until now a direct link between the habit and bowel cancer had yet to be established.
However, research undertaken by Edoardo Botteri and associates at the European Institute of Oncology in Milan suggests smoking accounts for an 18 per cent increase in bowel cancer risk.
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23. 12. 2008 Cancer Research UK
