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" The rate of a specific type of esophageal and stomach cancer, known as

adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia, has increased by 300

percent since the mid-1970s "

 

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Yale School of Medicine researchers have found that a diet high in

cholesterol, animal protein and vitamin B12 is linked to risk of a

specific type of cancer of the stomach and esophagus that has been

increasing rapidly.

 

The researchers also found that plant-based nutrients such as dietary

fiber, dietary beta-carotene, folic acid, vitamin C and vitamin B6 were

associated with lower risk of these kinds of cancers. They further found

that regular use of vitamin C supplements was associated with a 40

percent reduction in the risk of cancer in the middle and lower parts of

the stomach.

 

The rate of a specific type of esophageal and stomach cancer, known as

adenocarcinoma of the esophagus and gastric cardia, has increased by 300

percent since the mid-1970s, according to lead author Susan Mayne,

associate professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Public Health

at Yale School of Medicine, and associate director of the Yale Cancer

Center. To identify reasons for this rapid increase, the United States

National Cancer Institute launched a large study at three centers,

including Yale, the University of Washington and Columbia University.

 

The researchers interviewed patients throughout Connecticut, New Jersey

and western Washington State and compared the nutrient intake of 1,095

people with stomach or esophageal cancer to that of 687 healthy people

in a control group. The team also looked at the participants' use of

nutrient supplements. Their results are published in the October issue

of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.

 

" We found that many animal-based nutrients found in foods of animal

origin are strongly associated with risk of developing these types of

cancers and we were able to identify nutrients that presumably would be

protective, " said Mayne. " We also found that regular users of vitamin C

supplements were at significantly lower risk of stomach cancer. "

 

In a separate analysis of these data, the research team found that

obesity is strongly linked with risk of these cancers. " The increase in

the prevalence of obesity in the United States certainly contributes to

the time trends, " said Mayne. " Our results suggest that prevention

strategies for these cancers should emphasize increased consumption of

plant foods, decreased consumption of foods of animal origin with the

possible exception of dairy products, and control of obesity. "

 

Other researchers on the study include Principal Investigator of the

Yale site Harvey A. Risch and Robert Dubrow at Yale; A. Brian West,

previously at Yale and now at New York University Medical Center;

Wong-Ho Chow and Joseph F. Fraumeni, Jr. of the U.S. National Cancer

Institute; Marilie D. Gammon, previously at Columbia University and now

at the University of North Carolina; Habibul Ahsan and Heidi Rotterdam

of Columbia University; Janet B. Schoenberg, from the New Jersey

Department of Health and Senior Services; Thomas L. Vaughan, Diana C.

Farrow and Janet L. Stanford from the University of Washington; and

William J. Blot from the International Epidemiology Institute.

 

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