VITAMIN C, SELENIUM, FIBER SHOW PROTECTIVE "INFLUENCE" AGAINST COLORECTAL CANCER
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
VITAMIN C, SELENIUM, FIBER SHOW PROTECTIVE "INFLUENCE" AGAINST COLORECTAL CANCER in a retrospective, case-control study involving 524 patients that was presented at the American College of Gastroenterology annual scientific meeting in San Francisco on Sept. 29. Conducted by John Johanson, MD, and Dana Salisbury, University of Illinois College of Medicine, the unpublished study assessed vitamin and mineral supplement use and dietary fiber intake in patients 35 and older who underwent colonoscopy between 1990 and 1993.