Alternative nutritional cancer therapies

Author(s): Weitzman, S.

Journal/Book: Int J Cancer. 1998; suppl 11: 69-72.

Abstract: Increasing attention is being paid to the role of nutrition in cancer. Dietary measures, such as decreased consumption of calories, fat, alcohol and smoked or pickled foods have been shown to reduce the incidence of specific "adult" cancers, while increased dietary fiber appears to have a protective role. However, no clear scientific evidence exists that dietary manipulation is a successful primary therapy for established cancer. A significant percentage of adult and child cancer patients take unproven therapies during their illness. Alternative nutritional therapies, of which there is a wide variety, are the commonest of these reflecting current public interest in "natural" remedi iet, and the diets described may be inadequate for children with malignant disease.

Keyword(s): diet. cancer

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