Question: Does estrogen promote colon cancer?
Evidence for Estrogen Receptor Signaling in Colon Cancer Can estrogen cause colon cancer? Historically linked to carcinogenesis in reproductive organs, estrogens have also been implicated in the pathogenesis of different cancer types of non-reproductive tissues including the colon. ERβ is the predominant estrogen receptor expressed in both normal and malignant colonic epithelium. Which type of …