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Albert B. Lowenfels, MD
New York Medical College Valhalla, NY

JAMA. 1981;246(3):213.

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To the Editor.—

It is difficult to explain the intriguing negative correlation between serum cholesterol level and colon cancer as noted by Williams and co-workers (1981;245:247). One possibility might be that for some persons, low serum cholesterol level is associated with excess cholesterol excretion that could act as a promoter for colon cancer, as suggested by Cruse et al.¹ The World Health Organization clofibrate study tends to support this hypothesis, since pharmacologic lowering of serum cholesterol level increased the risk of bowel cancer.² The presumption is that cholesterol excretion was also increased, since there was a definite increase in gallstone-related disease. It would be most interesting to find out if there is any relation between gallstones, serum cholesterol level, and colon cancer in the Framingham group of patients. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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