Effect of combined folic acid, vitamin B6, and vitamin B 12 on colorectal adenoma

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 104, Issue 20, 2012, Pages 1562-1575

  Song, Yiqing ^a   Manson, Joann E ^a,b,c   Lee, I Min ^a,c   Cook, Nancy R ^a,c   Paul, Ligi ^e,f   Selhub, Jacob ^e,f   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,b,c,d   Zhang, Shumin M ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics   (United States)

^d Department of Nutrition ^*  (United States)

^e HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^f TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ASCORBIC ACID; BETA CAROTENE; CYANOCOBALAMIN; FOLIC ACID; PLACEBO; PYRIDOXINE;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL HISTORY; MORBIDITY; PILL; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY PREVENTION; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; VITAMIN B 12; VITAMIN B 6;

EID: 84867739485     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djs370     Document Type: Article

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