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Diet high in nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or calcium may be protective

NewsRx.com

July 03, 2003

Diet high in nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or calcium may be protective.

According to a study from the United States, "Primary prevention of colonic adenomas and cancer through dietary interventions or chemoprevention has great appeal.

"This article discusses primary prevention goals and promising nutritional or chemopreventive strategies. There is substantial observational evidence that diets high in total calories and fat and or low in fruits and vegetables or total fiber as well as low levels of physical activity are related to the risk of colonic neoplasia," wrote D. Gatof and colleagues, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center.

"Similar observational data indicate that diets high in specific nutrients such as antioxidant vitamins or calcium may be protective. The article describes some of the newer chemopreventive agents and reviews the data linking diet and lifestyle to colorectal cancer risk, focusing on interventions that have also been studied in prospective clinical trials," the researchers wrote.

The researchers concluded: "Finally the evidence supporting the role of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs for the chemoprevention of CRC is reviewed and the status of several other promising newer agents that are entering human trials is summarized."

Gatof and colleagues published the results of their research in the Hematology-Oncology Clinics of North America (Primary prevention of colorectal cancer: diet and drugs (Reprinted from Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 2002;31:587:). Hematol Oncol Clin North Am, 2003;17(2):575).

For additional information, contact D. Ahnen, University of Colorado, Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine B158, Division of Gastroenterology, 4200 E 9th Avenue, Denver, CO 80262, USA.

The publisher of the journal Hematology-Oncology Clinics of North America can be contacted at: W.B. Saunders Co., Independence Square West, Curtis Center, Ste. 300, Philadelphia, PA 19106-3399, USA.

The information in this article comes under the major subject areas of Gastroenterology and Oncology. This article was prepared by Cancer Weekly editors from staff and other reports.

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