title: Nutrition and esophageal cancer.
abstract: Several case control studies in esophageal cancer employing a food-frequency dietary questionnaire suggested a fairly uniform dietary pattern which could be implicated in the causation of the disease. Although various micronutrients (vitamins and trace elements) have also been found to have either a positive or negative association, findings were more clear-cut for the different food items contributing the micronutrients than for the specific micronutrients themselves. The difficulties encountered in dietary interviews in case control studies are discussed. Nutritional supplementation has a theoretical rationale, but clinical experience with randomized trials did not support the same.
authors.affiliation: Department of Gastroenterology, Tata Memorial Hospital, Bombay, India.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Santhi Swaroop
authors.forename: S R
authors.initials: SR
authors.lastname: Damle
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Advani
authors.forename: P B
authors.initials: PB
authors.lastname: Desai
mesh_terms: D004032:Diet / Q000009:adverse effects; D004938:Esophageal Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000628:therapy; D005502:Food / Q000009:adverse effects; D006801:Humans; D009748:Nutrition Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total; D012256:Riboflavin / Q000097:blood; D012307:Risk Factors; D014802:Vitamin A Deficiency / Q000150:complications
chemical_list: D012256:Riboflavin