Journal of Digestive Cancer Research

Korean Society of Gastrointestinal Cancer Research (대한소화기암연구학회)
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Nutritional Epidemiologic Studies for Colorectal Cancer Prevention

  • Hye Won Park (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Jung Eun Lee (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • Received : 2013.09.04
  • Accepted : 2013.10.24
  • Published : 2013.11.30
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Abstract

The dramatic increase in colorectal cancer incidence in the population of East Asia indicates that diet and lifestyle play a role in colorectal cancer risk. Colorectal cancer prevention and etiologic studies have long provided dietary modification strategies for colorectal cancer prevention. In this review, we provide an overview of the epidemiologic evidence on the association between diet and colorectal cancer risk. Several cohort studies and a few intervention studies, most conducted in Western countries, have shown a possible link between red and processed meat, alcoholic beverages, calcium, vitamin D, vitamin B and the Western dietary pattern with colorectal cancer development. For colorectal cancer prevention in both Western and Asian populations, dietary modification is a key component of colorectal cancer prevention.

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Acknowledgement

This research was supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea, which is funded by the Korean Government(NRF-2011-0011028).

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