Author Manuscript Published OnlineFirst on April 24, 2020; DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-1545 Author manuscripts have been peer reviewed and accepted for publication but have not yet been edited. 1 Antibody responses to Helicobacter pylori and risk of developing colorectal 2 cancer in a European cohort 3 Running title (50/60 characters): Helicobacter pylori serology and colorectal cancer 4 Julia Butt†; 1) Infections and Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 5 Heidelberg, Germany; E-mail:
[email protected] 6 Mazda Jenab†; 1) International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France; E- 7 mail:
[email protected] 8 Michael Pawlita; 1) Infections and Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center 9 (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany; E-mail:
[email protected] 10 Anne Tjønneland; 1) Diet, Genes and Environment, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 11 Copenhagen, Denmark; E-mail:
[email protected] 12 Cecilie Kyrø; 1) Diet, Genes and Environment, Danish Cancer Society Research Center, 13 Copenhagen, Denmark; E-mail:
[email protected] 14 Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault; 1) CESP, Fac. de médecine - Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de médecine 15 - UVSQ, INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France ; 2) Gustave Roussy, F-94805, 16 Villejuif, France; E-mail:
[email protected] 17 Franck Carbonnel; 1) CESP, Fac. de médecine - Univ. Paris-Sud, Fac. de médecine - UVSQ, 18 INSERM, Université Paris-Saclay, 94805, Villejuif, France; 2) Gustave Roussy, F-94805, Villejuif, 19 France; 3) Department of Gastroenterology, Bicêtre University Hospital, Assistance Publique 20 des Hôpitaux de Paris, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France; E-mail:
[email protected] 21 Catherine Dong; 1) CESP, Fac.