The role of diet in breast and prostate cancer survival

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages

  Ferdowsian, Hope R ^a   Barnard, Neal D ^b  

^a Washington Center for Clinical Research   (United States)

^b PHYSICIANS COMMITTEE FOR RESPONSIBLE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cancer; Diet; Ethnicity; Prostate cancer; Race; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; TESTOSTERONE;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH FIBER DIET; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MALE; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34447509676     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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