Associations of multiple SNPs in the same gene (several of which are novel) with CRC risk were observed in genes from pathways 2–8, e.g., BAX, GPX5, FOXO3, IL12B, TLR4, MSH2, MSH3, TGFB1, as well as IL10 with rectal cancer risk. This evidence concerns the gene MSH3 and rectal cancer.