title: Nutrition in the prevention of neoplastic disease in the elderly.
abstract: This review focuses on specific effects of diet on cancer risk and the relevance of these dietary effects to the risk of cancer in the elderly. The authors address the impact of certain dietary factors on cancer risk by reviewing their roles in two distinct phases of carcinogenesis: "imitation" and "promotion."
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002136:Calcium, Dietary / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002273:Carcinogens; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control; D004032:Diet; D004041:Dietary Fats / Q000009:adverse effects; D004043:Dietary Fiber / Q000008:administration & dosage; D005260:Female; D005506:Food Contamination; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D009602:Nitrosamines / Q000009:adverse effects; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000139:chemically induced / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control
chemical_list: D002136:Calcium, Dietary; D002273:Carcinogens; D004041:Dietary Fats; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D009602:Nitrosamines; D001205:Ascorbic Acid