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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 14, 945-946, July 19, 2006; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj293


Editorial

Extract

(Nutritional) Chemoprevention of Cancer: What's Up?

John A. Baron

Correspondence to: John A. Baron, MD, Section of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Dartmouth Medical School, Evergreen Center, 46 Centerra Pkwy., Ste. 300, Lebanon, NH 03766 (e-mail: john.a.baron@dartmouth.edu ).


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Some of the initial motivation for cancer chemoprevention was derived from observations regarding the effects of nutrients on carcinogenesis, and so it is fitting that the Journal now publishes a progress report of sorts for nutritional interventions.  
Davies et al. (1) have assumed the difficult task of summarizing the effects of all nutritional interventions across all the studied populations and endpoints. 
With the heterogeneity inherent in each of these, there is clearly a risk of mixing apples and oranges into an uninterpretable stew. 
However, even if the summary estimates may be . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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Anna A. Davies, George Davey Smith, Roger Harbord, Geertruida E. Bekkering, Jonathan A. C. Sterne, Rebecca Beynon, Steven Thomas
Nutritional Interventions and Outcome in Patients With Cancer or Preinvasive Lesions: Systematic Review
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; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj263

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Randomized Double-Blind Factorial Trial of Three Treatments To Reduce the Prevalence of Precancerous Gastric Lesions
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 98, No. 14, 974-983, July 19, 2006; DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj264



 

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