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BALZARINI and colleagues, Rehabilitation and Palliative Care Department, National Cancer Institute, Milan, Italy assessed the effects of homoeopathic Belladonna 7cH and X-ray 15cH associated in the treatment of acute radiodermatitis.

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TAMAYO and colleagues, Foresight Link Corporation, Ontario Canada review (198 references) the literature regarding the herbal mixtures Essiac and Flor-Essences, which are sold as nutritional supplements used by patients to treat chronic conditions, par1

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BYLUND and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Umea, Umea, Sweden. Annika.Byland@germed.umu.se studied whether dietary intervention could inhibit tumour growth of an androgen-sensitive1

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KIM and colleagues, Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Ontario Canada studied the associations between prediagnostic energy, fat, vitamin A intake and survival from prostate cancer.

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BRENNAN and colleagues, Unit of Environmental Cancer Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Brennan@iarc.fr studied the role of dietary patterns and specific dietary nutrients in the aetiology of lung cancer in non-smo1

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WYATT and colleagues, College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing USA conducted a study to assess the use of complementary therapies among older cancer patients.

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McKEOWN, Vitamin K Laboratory, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center, Tufts University, Boston MA 02111, USA reviews (32 references) the field regarding antioxidants and breast cancer risk.

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SLATTERY and colleagues, University of Utah Medical School, Salt Lake City USA mslatter@dfm.utah.edu write that carotenoids have numerous biological properties which may underpin a ro1

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EICHHOLZER and colleagues, Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Zurich, Switzerland eichholz@swissonline.ch write that low serum cholesterol has been associated with an i1

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FREEMAN and colleagues, Midwest Center for Health Services and Policy Research, Department of Veterans Affairs, Edward Hines, Jr. Hospital, Hines IL, USA conducted a study to evaluate how prostatic levels of antioxidants relate to plas1

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DIXON-SHANIES and SHAIKH, The New York College of Osteopathic Medicine of the New York Institute of Technology, Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000 USA write that epidemiological research has suggested that ph1

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WANG and RUSSELL, Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging, Boston, MA, USA write that a large body of observational epidemiological studies has consistently demonstrated that individua1

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KIM, Department of Medicine, St Michaels Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada writes that folate is an important cofactor in the transfer of one-carbon moieties and plays a key role in DNA synthesis, repair and met1

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ROSE and CONNOLLY, Division of Nutrition and Endocrinology, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, NY 10595 USA. david@westnet.com write that epidemiological and experimental evidence demonstra1

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NORRISH and colleagues, Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand write that, according to experimental studies, the risk of prostate cancer may be reduced with intake of long-chain n-3 polyun1

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VAN DAM, Nederlands Kanker Instituut/Antoni van Leeuwenhoek ziekenhuis, afd. Psychosociaal Onderzoek en Epidemiologie, Amsterdam investigated the prevalence of use by cancer patients of alternative diets and 1

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ZAZA and colleagues, Department of Oncology, University of Western Ontario, Canada. zaza@julian.uwo.ca write that cancer patients suffer unnecessarily due to the inadequate use of pain medication and other int1

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ZHAO and colleagues, Center for Cancer Causation and Prevention, AMC Cancer Research Center, Denver, CO 80214 USA write that procyanidins in grape seeds are known to exert anti-inflammatory, anti-arthritic and anti-all1

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LEE and FAIR, Department of Surgery and Prostate Diagnostic Center, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, New York, NY 10021 USA write that surgeons continue to be faced with difficulties in1

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GRANT, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, Vermont USA. wbgrant@norfolk.infi.net writes that the aetiology of prostate cancer has not yet been fully resolved in the scientific and medical literature. However, the no1

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