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Oct 2026
Smoking-Driven Inflammasome-Associated Inflammation in Colorectal Cancer: A Two-Phase Discovery and Validation Study of Serum Biomarkers
This study demonstrates that inflammatory markers (IL-8, CRP, and galectin-1) statistically mediate 73.8% of the smoking-CRC association, providing strong evidence consistent with, but not proof of, an inflammasome-mediated causal pathway.
Aysar Mahmood Mohammed Atea, Jinan Hameed Abu-Shana, AbdulQader M. AbdulQader et al.
· Asian Pacific Journal of Can... · 0 citations