Chemoprevention of colorectal cancer: Why all the confusion?

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 48-50

  Bresalier, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoprevention; Colorectal cancer; Fiber; Folate

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; FOLIC ACID;

CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; REVIEW; THERAPY EFFECT; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; CALCIUM; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; FOLIC ACID; HUMANS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 36549065804     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3282f31d36     Document Type: Review

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