Comments on "Methylation scores for smoking, alcohol consumption and body mass index and risk of seven types of cancer".

Abbreviation MR Mendelian randomization I read with great interest the recent article by Dugué et al.[1] In their report, associations were observed between cancer risk and DNA methylation scores corresponding to health risk factors including smoking, alcohol consumption and obesity. Utility of blood DNA methylation signatures in cancer risk prediction was further shown, albeit the improvement in performance upon inclusion was not impressive. [Extracted from the article]