Diet, nutrition, and cancer: Past, present and future

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 504-515

  Mayne, Susan T ^a,b   Playdon, Mary C ^a   Rock, Cheryl L ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOTECHNOLOGY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RESEARCH; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIET; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EPIGENETICS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METABOLISM; NUTRITION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STUDY DESIGN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; EXERCISE; FOOD; FORECASTING; HEALTHY DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PHYSIOLOGY; TRENDS;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; DIET; DIET THERAPY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; EXERCISE; FOOD; FORECASTING; HEALTHY DIET; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84960192596     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2016.24     Document Type: Review

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