Lack of effect of a high-fiber cereal supplement on the recurrence of colorectal adenomas

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 342, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 1156-1162

  Alberts, David S ^a,b,c   Martínez, María Elena ^a,b   Roe, Denise J ^a,b   Guillén Rodríguez, José M ^a   Marshall, James R ^a,b   Van Leeuwen, J Barbara ^a   Reid, Mary E ^a,b   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^d   Vargas, Perla A ^e   Bhattacharyya, A B ^c   Earnest, David L ^c   Sampliner, Richard E ^c,f   Parish, Dianne ^a   Koonce, Kris ^a   Fales, Lianne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d CENTER FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^f SOUTHERN ARIZONA VA HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CEREAL; COLON ADENOMA; COLONOSCOPY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FEMALE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; WHEAT BRAN;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CEREALS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FIBER; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TRITICUM;

EID: 0342657814     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200004203421602     Document Type: Article

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