07.01.04
Indication: Rectal cancer (older women)
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004;159:32-41.
Research: Investigators collected dietary intake information from 952 men and women with rectal cancer, and 1205 healthy subjects. After determining nutrient intakes, researchers looked for correlations between the intake of specific antioxidants and the risk of developing rectal cancer.
Results: Low intake of several antioxidants was associated with increased rectal cancer risk in women but not in men. Overall, women with the lowest intakes of vitamin E were more than twice as likely to have rectal cancer than women with the highest intakes. The same relationship was found for the individual tocopherols, alpha-, beta- and gamma-tocopherol. Low intakes of both alpha- and gamma-tocopherol were associated with more than a three-fold greater risk of rectal cancer among women ages 60 or older. In addition, women with the lowest intakes of lycopene, an antioxidant carotenoid, were 70% more likely to have rectal cancer.
Source: American Journal of Epidemiology, 2004;159:32-41.
Research: Investigators collected dietary intake information from 952 men and women with rectal cancer, and 1205 healthy subjects. After determining nutrient intakes, researchers looked for correlations between the intake of specific antioxidants and the risk of developing rectal cancer.
Results: Low intake of several antioxidants was associated with increased rectal cancer risk in women but not in men. Overall, women with the lowest intakes of vitamin E were more than twice as likely to have rectal cancer than women with the highest intakes. The same relationship was found for the individual tocopherols, alpha-, beta- and gamma-tocopherol. Low intakes of both alpha- and gamma-tocopherol were associated with more than a three-fold greater risk of rectal cancer among women ages 60 or older. In addition, women with the lowest intakes of lycopene, an antioxidant carotenoid, were 70% more likely to have rectal cancer.