The increased incidence of cancer of the pancreas: Is there a missing dietary factor? Can it be reversed?

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 331-335

  Stephens, Frederick O ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Asian diets; Breast cancer; Pancreas cancer; Phyto oestrogens; Plant hormones; Prostate cancer; Smoking; Soy; Western diets

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PANCREAS CANCER; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SMOKING;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032939870     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1622.1999.01567.x     Document Type: Review

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