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Colorectal Cancer Nutritional Carcinogenesis

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Carcinogenicity in colon; Colon cancer risk; Diet; Food; Modulation of colon carcinogenesis; Nutritional factors; Nutritional prevention of colon cancer; Nutritional status

Definition

The ability of nutritional factors (including food, alcohol, nutritional status, and physical activity) to increase or decrease the risk of colorectal cancer.

Characteristics

The etiology of colorectal cancer is multifactorial. Generally, it results from an interaction between genetic and environmental factors. As a part of the digestive tract, the colon is exposed to many native or metabolized dietary compounds. Gut microbiota, which metabolizes various dietary constituents and modifies their bioavailability and effects on the host, is also involved in colon carcinogenesis. The development of colon cancer is modulated by several nutritional factors, some acting as risk factors and others as protective factors.

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  1. UMR U1153 INSERM, U1125 INRA, CNAM, Université Paris 13, Centre de Recherche Epidémiologie et Statistique Sorbonne Paris Cité, Bobigny, France

    Paule Latino-Martel, Nathalie Druesne-Pecollo, Serge Hercberg & Mathilde Touvier

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  1. Paule Latino-Martel
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    Manfred Schwab

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Latino-Martel, P., Druesne-Pecollo, N., Hercberg, S., Touvier, M. (2014). Colorectal Cancer Nutritional Carcinogenesis. In: Schwab, M. (eds) Encyclopedia of Cancer. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27841-9_6729-2

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