Strong correlation between diet and development of colorectal cancer

Frontiers in Bioscience

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 190-198

  Cappellani, Alessandro ^a   Zanghì, Antonio ^a   Di Vita, Maria ^a   Cavallaro, Andrea ^a   Piccolo, Gaetano ^a   Veroux, Pierfrancesco ^a   Lo Menzo, Emanuele ^b   Cavallaro, Vincenzo ^a   De Paoli, Paolo ^c   Veroux, Massimiliano ^a   Berretta, Massimiliano ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dietary habits; Fibers intake; Folate; Meat intake; Methylation; Obesity; Review

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; UNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; COLITIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FRUIT; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINE MUCOSA; MEAT; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SMOKING; VEGETABLE;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; COLITIS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; FOLIC ACID; FRUIT; GLYCEMIC INDEX; HUMANS; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MEAT; OBESITY; SMOKING; VEGETABLES;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84878810473     PISSN: 27686701     EISSN: 27686698     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2741/4095     Document Type: Article

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