Nutrients, foods, and colorectal cancer prevention

M Song, WS Garrett, AT Chan - Gastroenterology, 2015‏ - Elsevier
Diet has an important role in the development of colorectal cancer. In the past few decades,
findings from extensive epidemiologic and experimental investigations have linked …

Dietary approaches to cancer therapy

M Tajan, KH Vousden - Cancer cell, 2020‏ - cell.com
The concept that dietary changes could improve the response to cancer therapy is extremely
attractive to many patients, who are highly motivated to take control of at least some aspect …

Colorectal cancer statistics, 2014

R Siegel, C DeSantis, A Jemal - CA: a cancer journal for …, 2014‏ - Wiley Online Library
Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer and the third leading cause of cancer
death in men and women in the United States. This article provides an overview of colorectal …

Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas: a randomized clinical trial

BF Cole, JA Baron, RS Sandler, RW Haile, DJ Ahnen… - Jama, 2007‏ - jamanetwork.com
ContextLaboratory and epidemiological data suggest that folic acid may have an
antineoplastic effect in the large intestine. ObjectiveTo assess the safety and efficacy of folic …

[HTML][HTML] Is folic acid good for everyone?

AD Smith, YI Kim, H Refsum - The American journal of clinical nutrition, 2008‏ - Elsevier
Fortification of food with folic acid to reduce the number of neural tube defects was
introduced 10 y ago in North America. Many countries are considering whether to adopt this …

Membrane transporters and folate homeostasis: intestinal absorption and transport into systemic compartments and tissues

R Zhao, LH Matherly, ID Goldman - Expert reviews in molecular …, 2009‏ - cambridge.org
Members of the family of B9 vitamins are commonly known as folates. They are derived
entirely from dietary sources and are key one-carbon donors required for de novo nucleotide …

[HTML][HTML] Unmetabolized folic acid in plasma is associated with reduced natural killer cell cytotoxicity among postmenopausal women

AM Troen, B Mitchell, B Sorensen, MH Wener… - The Journal of …, 2006‏ - Elsevier
Folic acid (FA) supplements and food fortification are used to prevent neural tube defects
and to lower plasma homocysteine. Through exposure to food fortification and vitamin …

Chemoprevention of colon cancer by calcium, vitamin D and folate: molecular mechanisms

SA Lamprecht, M Lipkin - Nature reviews cancer, 2003‏ - nature.com
Recent findings have indicated that dietary calcium, vitamin D and folate can modulate and
inhibit colon carcinogenesis. Supporting evidence has been obtained from a wide variety of …

The interaction between epigenetics, nutrition and the development of cancer

KS Bishop, LR Ferguson - Nutrients, 2015‏ - mdpi.com
Unlike the genome, the epigenome can be modified and hence some epigenetic risk
markers have the potential to be reversed. Such modifications take place by means of drugs …

DNA methylation, cancer susceptibility, and nutrient interactions

CD Davis, EO Uthus - Experimental biology and medicine, 2004‏ - journals.sagepub.com
DNA methylation is an important epigenetic mechanism of transcriptional control. DNA
methylation plays an essential role in maintaining cellular function, and changes in …