The role of nutrition in the development of esophageal cancer: What do we know?

Frontiers in Bioscience - Elite

Volumn 4 E, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 351-357

  Berretta, Massimiliano ^a   Lleshi, Arben ^a   Fisichella, Rossella ^b   Berretta, Salvatore ^b   Basile, Francesco ^b   Li Volti, Giovanni ^b   Bolognese, Antonio ^c   Biondi, Antonio ^b   De Paoli, Paolo ^a   Tirelli, Umberto ^a   Cappellani, Alessandro ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Esophageal; Nutrition; Review; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CALCIUM; FOLIC ACID; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; POLYPHENOL DERIVATIVE; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT;

ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FAT INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD PRESERVATION; FRUIT; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH TEMPERATURE; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; MEAT; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PRECANCER; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TEA; VEGETABLE; DIET; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; REVIEW;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MEAT; NITROSAMINES; RISK FACTORS; TEA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84859815935     PISSN: 19450494     EISSN: 19450508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/e382     Document Type: Article

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