Recent advances in understanding the role of diet and obesity in the development of colorectal cancer

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 194-204

  Lund, Elizabeth K ^a   Belshaw, Nigel J ^a   Elliott, Giles O ^a   Johnson, Ian T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Diet; DNA methylation; Inflammation; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADIPOCYTOKINE; CHEMOKINE; FISH OIL; PLANT MEDICINAL PRODUCT;

APOPTOSIS; CANCER RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHRONIC INFLAMMATION; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIET; EPIGENETICS; EXERCISE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HUMAN; NUTRIGENOMICS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RED MEAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOKINES; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS; CHEMOKINES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FISH OILS; HUMANS; INFLAMMATION; MUTATION; OBESITY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 79956033905     PISSN: 00296651     EISSN: 14752719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0029665111000073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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