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Large Bowel Cancer and Colonic Foods

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Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health

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Large bowel cancer along with breast, prostate, lung, endometrium and ovarian tumours are the leading causes of cancer mortality in the Western countries (The American Institute of Cancer Research, 1997). In addition to these cancers, other Western diseases that also contribute significantly to morbidity and sometimes mortality, include other gastrointestinal diseases (constipation, hiatus hernia, appendicitis, diverticular disease and haemorrhoids), cardiovascular diseases (coronary heart disease, stroke, essential hypertension deep vein thrombosis, pulmonary embolism, varicose veins), and metabolic diseases (obesity, diabetes, gallstones, renal stones, osteoporosis, gout). The development of these disorders appears to be associated with life style and environmental factors of which diet is a major component. (Potter, 1995; 1996).

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Rao, A.V. (1999). Large Bowel Cancer and Colonic Foods. In: Gibson, G.R., Roberfroid, M.B. (eds) Colonic Microbiota, Nutrition and Health. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1079-4_16

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