Oral Antibiotic Use in Adulthood and Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study
This 2023 case-control study investigated the relationship between oral antibiotic use in adulthood and the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer (CRC) using data from UK primary care records between 1999 and 2011. Among 7,903 CRC cases (445 diagnosed before age 50) and 30,418 controls, antibiotic exposure was associated with a