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Diet and cancer of the colon and rectum: a case-control study. Related Articles

A case-control study of diet and colo-rectal cancer.

Potter JD, McMichael AJ. [Int JCancer.1980]

In 1979-81, 419 patients with incident cases of colon and rectal cancer and 732 controls were Dietary intake and colon cancer: sex- and anatomic site-specific
questioned regarding diet and alcohol. Cancer cases were a population-based series reported to associations. [Am JEpidemiol.1989]
the South Australian Central Cancer Registry, were 30-74 years of age, and were residing in Case-control study of alcoholic beverages as etiological factors:
Metropolitan Adelaide. Controls were selected from the electoral roll and individually age- and the Melbourne Colorectal Cancer Study. [NutrCancer.1987]
sex-matched to cancer cases. The most consistent risk factor for colorectal cancer was dietary
Review Dietary epidemiology of colon cancer.
protein, which was associated with a twofold-to-threefold relative risk for colon cancer and for
[Hematol OncolClin NorthAm.1989]
rectal cancer in women for all levels of consumption above the base line (i.e., the lowest
consumption quintile). For male colon cancer the corresponding relative risk was similar; but for Review Diet, nutrition, and cancer.
male rectal cancer, risk was elevated only at old ages. Total energy intake and, less clearly, [ProgFood Nutr Sci.1985]
meal frequency were also positively associated with increased risk. Total alcohol intake (but not
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specifically beer) was associated with increased risk of both colon and rectal cancer in women; in
both sexes, there was an increased risk of colon and rectal cancer associated with spirits
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A. The increased risk associated with high protein and total energy was confined to those
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relationship between fiber consumption and risk of colorectal cancer were more complex. Some physicians' health study. [CancerEpidemiol Biomarkers Prev.2006]
modifications and extensions of the current fat-to-bile acid-to-fiber theory of bowel Inhibition of retinol oxidation by ethanol in the rat liver and colon.
carcinogenesis were suggested. [Gut.2000]

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