A randomized trial of the effect of a plant-based dietary pattern on additional breast cancer events and survival: The Women's Healthy Eating and Living (WHEL) Study

Controlled Clinical Trials

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 728-756

  Pierce, John P ^a   Faerber, Susan ^a   Wright, Fred A ^b   Rock, Cheryl L ^a   Newman, Vicky ^a   Flatt, Shirley W ^a   Kealey, Sheila ^a   Jones, Vicky E ^a   Caan, Bette J ^c   Gold, Ellen B ^d   Haan, Mary ^e   Hollenbach, Kathryn A ^a   Jones, Lovell ^f   Marshall, James R ^g   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^h   Stefanick, Marcia L ⁱ   Thomson, Cynthia ^g   Wasserman, Linda ^a   Natarajan, Loki ^a   Thomas, Ronald G ^a   Gilpin, Elizabeth A ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c DIVISION OF RESEARCH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^h CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

ⁱ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Recurrence; Survival; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; COUNSELING; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HABIT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYMPTOM; TELEPHONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; DATA COLLECTION; DIET, FAT-RESTRICTED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HOTLINES; HUMANS; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; RECURRENCE; RESEARCH DESIGN; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES;

EID: 0036906708     PISSN: 01972456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0197-2456(02)00241-6     Document Type: Article

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