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Colon Cancer
Study data from E. Manerio and colleagues update understanding of colon cancer
April 5th, 2008
According to recent research from Madrid, Spain, "In the last decades, relevant efforts have been made to reduce the cancer incidence in the European Union. The prevention programmes against cancer have obtained satisfactory results except for colorectal cancer (CRC)." "Identification of risk factors is primordial to plan preventive strategies for CRC. We hypothesize that shellfish consumption is increasing CRC incidence. DSP toxins, present in some seafood products, seem to behave like tumour agents. There are no relevant studies on real health-risk of consuming DSP toxins, just some experimental and ecological evidence. Preventive interventions for reducing CRC risk...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-04-05)
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