Esophagus

The article presents a study conducted by Ai Kubo of Kaiser Permanente which shows that high dietary intake of antioxidant vitamins C and E and beta-carotene can reduce the risk of Barrett's esop...

Vegetables, Fruits, Related Dietary Antioxidants, and Risk of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Esophagus: A Case-Control Study in Uruguay

In 1998-1999, a case-control study on esophageal cancer was conducted in Uruguay. For this purpose, 111 cases with squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus and 444 controls with conditions unrela...

We studied the relationship between nutrient intakes and adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and distal stomach among 124 esophageal adenocarcinoma cases, 124 distal stomach cancer cases, and 449 con...

A diet containing 5% freeze-dried black raspberries (BRB) markedly inhibits esophageal cancer in rats treated with the carcinogen, N-Nitrosomethylbenzylamine (NMBA). We previously identified esop...

Abstract: In 1996-2004 a case-control study on nutrient intake, dietary constituents and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus was conducted in Montevideo, Uruguay. In fact, Uruguay, a...