Postmenopausal women with a high bone mass have a decreased risk of developing colon cancer, according to the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology .
Colorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States.
The disease strikes both men and women, with 130,000 cases diagnosed each year. Approximately 56,000 people die from colorectal cancer each year. Researchers recently conducted a study to explore the relationship between bone mass and colon cancer. The researchers used the data from 1,384 Massachusetts women in the Framingham Study to examine the relationship between bone mass and colon cancer incidence. All of the women in the study underwent hand radiography between 1967 and 1970.