[Nutrition and oropharyngeal cancer].
The conclusion of a recent systematic review of the literature on the relation between nutrition, physical activity and cancer is that more than 30% of all cases of cancer can be prevented by improving nutrition and increasing physical activity. In The Netherlands, 1 out of 100 men and 1 out of 160 women develop oropharyngeal cancer. The major risk factors are smoking tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption. According to the systematic review of the literature, a substantial consumption of vegetables and fruit can reduce the risk of this type of cancer.
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Afdeling Humane Voeding van de Wageningen Universiteit, Bomenweg 2, 6700 AH Wageningen. ellen.kampman@wur.nl
D000437:Alcoholism / Q000150:complications; D015444:Exercise / Q000502:physiology*; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D009747:Nutritional Physiological Phenomena / Q000502:physiology*; D009959:Oropharyngeal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D012907:Smoking / Q000009:adverse effects; D014675:Vegetables