Cut colon cancer risks
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October 28, 2010, Thursday
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GETTING people to eat a healthy diet, not smoke, cut down on alcohol and exercise more could prevent almost a quarter of the some 1.2 million cases of colon cancer diagnosed each year, scientists said yesterday.
Researchers from Denmark found that following recommendations on physical activity, waist circumference, smoking, alcohol intake and diet could reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer by as much as 23 percent.
"Our study reveals the useful public health message that even modest differences in lifestyle might have a substantial impact on colorectal cancer risk," said Anne Tjonneland of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology at the Danish Cancer Society.
Colorectal cancer, also called bowel or colon cancer, kills around half a million people each year worldwide.
Roche's Xeloda and Sanofi-Aventis' Eloxatine are among leading drugs licensed for the treatment of the disease, which was diagnosed in 1.23 million people in 2008, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Tjonneland and colleagues studied data on 55,487 men and women aged between 50 and 64 who had not previously been diagnosed with cancer and followed them for almost 10 years.
Researchers from Denmark found that following recommendations on physical activity, waist circumference, smoking, alcohol intake and diet could reduce the risk of developing bowel cancer by as much as 23 percent.
"Our study reveals the useful public health message that even modest differences in lifestyle might have a substantial impact on colorectal cancer risk," said Anne Tjonneland of the Institute of Cancer Epidemiology at the Danish Cancer Society.
Colorectal cancer, also called bowel or colon cancer, kills around half a million people each year worldwide.
Roche's Xeloda and Sanofi-Aventis' Eloxatine are among leading drugs licensed for the treatment of the disease, which was diagnosed in 1.23 million people in 2008, according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer.
Tjonneland and colleagues studied data on 55,487 men and women aged between 50 and 64 who had not previously been diagnosed with cancer and followed them for almost 10 years.
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