Does pizza protect against cancer?

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 107, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 283-284

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Negri, Eva ^a   Talamini, Renato ^b   Montella, Maurizio ^c   Conti, Ettore ^d   Franceschi, Silvia ^e   La Vecchia, Carlo ^a,f  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^e INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Digestive tract cancers; Lycopene; Pizza; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

LYCOPENE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COLON CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; ITALY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PIZZA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0141857770     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11382     Document Type: Article

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