Diet and Upper Gastrointestinal Cancers: In Search of Dark Matter

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1137-1139

  Vaughan, Thomas L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; FOLIC ACID; GLUCOSAMINE; LYCOPENE; PHYTOESTROGEN; RESVERATROL; RETINOL; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EDITORIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MEDITERRANEAN DIET; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION; SOCIETY; STOMACH CANCER; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84882787602     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.05.024     Document Type: Editorial

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