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Stomach Cancer in China

While all cancer rates are generally very low in China, stomach cancer leaps out as a glaring exception. Figured at a population base of 100,000, the incidence in the U.S. is just 6.5, contrasted with a 90.9 incidence for China. What's going on here?

Three main factors appear to be...
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Oncology

Pancreatic Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Pancreatic cancer is the fourth most common cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer-related mortality. Little is known about etiologic agents, but tobacco use is probably the most important modifiable risk factor. More than 90% of pancreatic cancers are...
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Oncology

Gastric Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Gastric cancer is the second most common malignancy worldwide and the 11th most common in the United States. Prevalence has been decreasing over the last century, likely due to better methods of food preservation. In addition, improved screening techniques-especially in...
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Oncology

Breast Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors One in 9 women in North America will be diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during her lifetime.1 Breast cancer is the most commonly diagnosed cancer in women, constituting about one third of all cancers. It is second only to lung cancer in cause of cancer...
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Oncology, Oncology

China Report - Dietary Fiber: Preventing Cancer in China

The cancer-prevention properties of dietary fiber are hardly a secret. Indeed, in modern times the late Dr. Denis Burkitt (of Burkitt's Lymphoma fame) made the so-called "fiber story" famous in his work among native Africans. This British researcher, with his colleagues Alan Walker and...
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Oncology

Colorectal Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Colon cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide and the second leading cause of cancer-related mortality. It accounts for 10% of cancer deaths in the United States. Although the disease is common and often lethal, risk is reduced with regular screenings and...
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Oncology, Oncology

Genetic Seeds of Disease: How to Beat the Odds

How often these days do you read that genes cause cancer? Probably nothing in biomedical science deserves more attention. In my view, it even needs attention in nutrition newsletters. Why? Because there's a peculiar line of reasoning going around that goes something like this: If genes are...
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Oncology

Ovarian Cancer

Overview and Risk Factors Ovarian cancer is the second most common gynecologic cancer (after cervical cancer) and the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancer in the United States. It generally affects women aged 40 to 65. The ovary is composed of epithelial cells (along the surface), germ...
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by T. Colin Campbell, PhD

For almost 50 years, I have designed and directed large research projects in the areas of nutrition and health.  As a result of this experience, I have come to realize that most nutrition and health information is very misleading. It is no coincidence that we now have a health care crisis which is very expensive and which compromises the quality of life for millions of Americans and others living on a Western-style diet. . . READ FULL STATEMENT >>

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Sometimes the most elegant solution is the most simple. Why plant-based nutrition? Why not? Why develop heart disease? Cancer? Diabetes? The epidemic of chronic, degenerative disease that is sweeping the western world can not only be stopped, it can be reversed. The power lies in the hands of the consumer, in the choices we make about what to put on our plates.