Dietary change and cancer prevention: What don't we know and when didn't we know it?

Poor diet is quantitatively an equivalent cancer risk factor to tobacco and a fertile area for immediate individual and societal intervention. If the larger cancer control community joins the American Cancer Society in a concerted effort to educate and motivate the public about healthful nutrition a...

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Published inCA: a cancer journal for clinicians Vol. 49; no. 6; pp. 327 - 330
Main Authors Bal, Dileep G., Woolam, Gerald L., Seffrin, John R.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Bristol John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 01.11.1999
Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
Subjects
Cancer
Diet
Diet - adverse effects
Editorials
Humans
Life Style
Neoplasms - prevention & control
Nutritional Physiological Phenomena
Preventive medicine
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
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Summary:Poor diet is quantitatively an equivalent cancer risk factor to tobacco and a fertile area for immediate individual and societal intervention. If the larger cancer control community joins the American Cancer Society in a concerted effort to educate and motivate the public about healthful nutrition and cancer prevention, the impact on health could be far reaching.
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ISSN:0007-9235
1542-4863
DOI:10.3322/canjclin.49.6.327