Skip to main content
NCBI home page
Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine logoLink to Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine
. 1980 Oct;56(8):673–696.

Nutrition and cancer--on the mechanisms bearing on causes of cancer of the colon, breast, prostate, and stomach.

J H Weisburger, B S Reddy, P Hill, L A Cohen, E L Wynder, N E Spingarn
PMCID: PMC1805186  PMID: 6932239

Full text

PDF
673

Selected References

These references are in PubMed. This may not be the complete list of references from this article.

  1. Binkerd E. F., Kolari O. E. The history and use of nitrate and nitrite in the curing of meat. Food Cosmet Toxicol. 1975 Dec;13(6):655–661. doi: 10.1016/0015-6264(75)90157-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  2. Bralow S. P., Weisburger J. H. Experimental carcinogenesis in the digestive organs. Clin Gastroenterol. 1976 Sep;5(3):527–542. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  3. Bulbrook R. D. Urinary androgen excretion and the etiology of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1972 Apr;48(4):1039–1042. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  4. Correa P., Haenszel W., Cuello C., Tannenbaum S., Archer M. A model for gastric cancer epidemiology. Lancet. 1975 Jul 12;2(7924):58–60. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(75)90498-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  5. Correa P., Haenszel W. The epidemiology of large-bowel cancer. Adv Cancer Res. 1978;26:1–141. doi: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)60086-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  6. Craddock V. M. Liver carcinomas induced in rats by single administration of dimethylnitrosamine after partial hepatectomy. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1971 Oct;47(4):899–907. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  7. Cruse P., Lewin M., Clark C. G. Dietary cholesterol is co-carcinogenic for human colon cancer. Lancet. 1979 Apr 7;1(8119):752–755. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(79)91209-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  8. Dahm K., Eichen R., Mitschke H. Das Krebsrisiko im Resektionsmagen. Zur Bedeutung des duodenogastrischen Refluxes bei verschiedenen gastroenteralen Anastomosen. Langenbecks Arch Chir. 1977 Nov 4;344(2):71–82. doi: 10.1007/BF01259380. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  9. Doll R. Strategy for detection of cancer hazards to man. Nature. 1977 Feb 17;265(5595):589–596. doi: 10.1038/265589a0. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  10. Domellöf L., Eriksson S., Janunger K. G. Carcinoma and possible precancerous changes of the gastric stump after billroth II resection. Gastroenterology. 1977 Sep;73(3):462–468. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  11. Eastwood M. A., Kay R. M. An hypothesis for the action of dietary fiber along the gastrointestinal tract. Am J Clin Nutr. 1979 Feb;32(2):364–367. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/32.2.364. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  12. Goth R., Rajewsky M. F. Persistence of O6-ethylguanine in rat-brain DNA: correlation with nervous system-specific carcinogenesis by ethylnitrosourea. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1974 Mar;71(3):639–643. doi: 10.1073/pnas.71.3.639. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  13. Hill P., Wynder E. L., Garbaczewski L., Garnes H., Walker A. R. Diet and urinary steroids in black and white North American men and black South African men. Cancer Res. 1979 Dec;39(12):5101–5105. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  14. Hill P., Wynder E. L., Garnes H., Walker A. R. Environmental factors, hormone status, and prostatic cancer. Prev Med. 1980 Sep;9(5):657–666. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(80)90037-7. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  15. Hill P., Wynder F. Diet and prolactin release. Lancet. 1976 Oct 9;2(7989):806–807. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(76)90644-9. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  16. Jacobs M. M., Jansson B., Griffin A. C. Inhibitory effects of selenium on 1,2-dimethylhydrazine and methylazoxymethanol acetate induction of colon tumors. Cancer Lett. 1977 Jan;2(3):133–137. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(77)80002-5. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  17. Joossens J. V., Kesteloot H., Amery A. Salt intake and mortality from stroke. N Engl J Med. 1979 Jun 14;300(24):1396–1396. doi: 10.1056/NEJM197906143002414. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  18. Kasai H., Nishimura S., Nagao M., Takahashi Y., Sugimura T. Fractionation of a mutagenic principle from broiled fish by high-pressure liquid chromatography. Cancer Lett. 1979 Oct;7(6):343–348. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(79)80064-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  19. Kleihues P., Margison G. P. Carcinogenicity of N-methyl-N-nitrosourea: possible role of excision repair of O6-methylguanine from DNA. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1974 Dec;53(6):1839–1841. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  20. MacMahon B., Cole P., Brown J. Etiology of human breast cancer: a review. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1973 Jan;50(1):21–42. doi: 10.1093/jnci/50.1.21. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  21. Maclennan R., Jensen O. M. Dietary fibre, transit-time, faecal bacteria, steroids, and colon cancer in two Scandinavian populations. Report from the International Agency for Research on Cancer Intestinal Microecology Group. Lancet. 1977 Jul 30;2(8031):207–211. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  22. McGregor H., Land C. E., Choi K., Tokuoka S., Liu P. I., Wakabayashi T., Beebe G. W. Breast cancer incidence among atomic bomb survivors, Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 1950-69. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1977 Sep;59(3):799–811. doi: 10.1093/jnci/59.3.799. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  23. Meneely G. R., Battarbee H. D. High sodium-low potassium environment and hypertension. Am J Cardiol. 1976 Nov 23;38(6):768–785. doi: 10.1016/0002-9149(76)90356-8. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  24. Meyer J. S. Cell proliferation in normal human breast ducts, fibroadenomas, and other ductal hyperplasias measured by nuclear labeling with tritiated thymidine. Effects of menstrual phase, age, and oral contraceptive hormones. Hum Pathol. 1977 Jan;8(1):67–81. doi: 10.1016/s0046-8177(77)80066-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  25. Mirvish S. S. N-nitroso compounds: their chemical and in vivo formation and possible importance as environmental carcinogens. J Toxicol Environ Health. 1977 Jul;2(6):1267–1277. doi: 10.1080/15287397709529529. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  26. Mower H. F., Ray R. M., Shoff R., Stemmermann G. N., Nomura A., Glober G. A., Kamiyama S., Shimada A., Yamakawa H. Fecal bile acids in two Japanese populations with different colon cancer risks. Cancer Res. 1979 Feb;39(2 Pt 1):328–331. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  27. Nagao M., Honda M., Seino Y., Yahagi T., Sugimura T. Mutagenicities of smoke condensates and the charred surface of fish and meat. Cancer Lett. 1977 Mar;2(4-5):221–226. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(77)80025-6. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  28. Nagao M., Sugimura T., Matsushima T. Environmental mutagens and carcinogens. Annu Rev Genet. 1978;12:117–159. doi: 10.1146/annurev.ge.12.120178.001001. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  29. Nigro N. D., Campbell R. L., Singh D. V., Lin Y. N. Effect of diet high in beef fat on the composition of fecal bile acids during intestinal carcinogenesis in the rat. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1976 Oct;57(4):883–888. doi: 10.1093/jnci/57.4.883. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  30. Oiso T. Incidence of stomach cancer and its relation to dietary habits and nutrition in Japan between 1900 and 1975. Cancer Res. 1975 Nov;35(11 Pt 2):3254–3258. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  31. Petrakis N. L. Breast secretory activity in nonlactating women, postpartum breast involution, and the epidemiology of breast cancer. Natl Cancer Inst Monogr. 1977 Dec;47:161–164. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  32. Reddy B. S., Cohen L. A., McCoy G. D., Hill P., Weisburger J. H., Wynder E. L. Nutrition and its relationship to cancer. Adv Cancer Res. 1980;32:237–345. doi: 10.1016/s0065-230x(08)60363-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  33. Reddy B. S., Hedges A. R., Laakso K., Wynder E. L. Metabolic epidemiology of large bowel cancer: fecal bulk and constituents of high-risk North American and low-risk Finnish population. Cancer. 1978 Dec;42(6):2832–2838. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197812)42:6<2832::aid-cncr2820420644>3.0.co;2-l. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  34. Reddy B. S., Watanabe K. Effect of cholesterol metabolites and promoting effect of lithocholic acid in colon carcinogenesis in germ-free and conventional F344 rats. Cancer Res. 1979 May;39(5):1521–1524. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  35. Reddy B. S., Watanabe K., Weisburger J. H., Wynder E. L. Promoting effect of bile acids in colon carcinogenesis in germ-free and conventional F344 rats. Cancer Res. 1977 Sep;37(9):3238–3242. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  36. Rivenson A., Silverman J. The prostatic carcinoma in laboratory animals: a bibliographic survey from 1900 to 1977. Invest Urol. 1979 May;16(6):468–472. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  37. Slaga T. J., Klein-Szanto A. J., Fischer S. M., Weeks C. E., Nelson K., Major S. Studies on mechanism of action of anti-tumor-promoting agents: their specificity in two-stage promotion. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1980 Apr;77(4):2251–2254. doi: 10.1073/pnas.77.4.2251. [DOI] [PMC free article] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  38. Spingarn N. E., Garvie C. T. Formation of mutagens in sugar-ammonia model systems. J Agric Food Chem. 1979 Nov-Dec;27(6):1319–1321. doi: 10.1021/jf60226a023. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  39. Spingarn N. E., Kasai H., Vuolo L. L., Nishimura S., Yamaizumi Z., Sugimura T., Matsushima T., Weisburger J. H. Formation of mutagens in cooked foods. III. Isolation of a potent mutagen from beef. Cancer Lett. 1980 May;9(3):177–183. doi: 10.1016/0304-3835(80)90084-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  40. Spingarn N. E., Weisburger J. H. Formation of mutagens in cooked foods. I. Beef. Cancer Lett. 1979 Sep;7(5):259–264. doi: 10.1016/s0304-3835(79)80052-x. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  41. Sporn M. B., Newton D. L. Chemoprevention of cancer with retinoids. Fed Proc. 1979 Oct;38(11):2528–2534. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  42. Stamler J. George Lyman Duff Memorial Lecture. Lifestyles, major risk factors, proof and public policy. Circulation. 1978 Jul;58(1):3–19. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.58.1.3. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  43. Tannenbaum S. R., Archer M. C., Wishnok J. S., Bishop W. W. Nitrosamine formation in human saliva. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1978 Feb;60(2):251–253. doi: 10.1093/jnci/60.2.251. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  44. Tatematsu M., Takahashi M., Fukushima S., Hananouchi M., Shirai T. Effects in rats of sodium chloride on experimental gastric cancers induced by N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine or 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1975 Jul;55(1):101–106. doi: 10.1093/jnci/55.1.101. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  45. Turpeinen O. Effect of cholesterol-lowering diet on mortality from coronary heart disease and other causes. Circulation. 1979 Jan;59(1):1–7. doi: 10.1161/01.cir.59.1.1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  46. Watanabe K., Narisawa T., Wong C. Q., Weisburger J. H. Effect of bile acids and neutral sterols on benzo[a]pyrene-induced tumorigenesis in skin of mice. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1978 Jun;60(6):1501–1503. doi: 10.1093/jnci/60.6.1501. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  47. Watanabe K., Reddy B. S., Weisburger J. H., Kritchevsky D. Effect of dietary alfalfa, pectin, and wheat bran on azoxymethane-or methylnitrosourea-induced colon carcinogenesis in F344 rats. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1979 Jul;63(1):141–145. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  48. Weisburger J. H., Marquardt H., Hirota N., Mori H., Williams G. M. Induction of cancer of the glandular stomach in rats by an extract of nitrite-treated fish. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1980 Jan;64(1):163–167. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  49. Weisburger J. H. Mechanism of action of diet as a carcinogen. Cancer. 1979 May;43(5 Suppl):1987–1995. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197905)43:5+<1987::aid-cncr2820430706>3.0.co;2-#. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  50. Weisburger J. H., Raineri R. Dietary factors and the etiology of gastric cancer. Cancer Res. 1975 Nov;35(11 Pt 2):3469–3474. [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  51. Wynder E. L. Dietary habits and cancer epidemiology. Cancer. 1979 May;43(5 Suppl):1955–1961. doi: 10.1002/1097-0142(197905)43:5+<1955::aid-cncr2820430702>3.0.co;2-k. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  52. Wynder E. L., Gori G. B. Contribution of the environment to cancer incidence: an epidemiologic exercise. J Natl Cancer Inst. 1977 Apr;58(4):825–832. doi: 10.1093/jnci/58.4.825. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  53. Wynder E. L., Hill P. Prolactin, oestrogen, and lipids in breast fluid. Lancet. 1977 Oct 22;2(8043):840–842. doi: 10.1016/s0140-6736(77)90780-2. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  54. Wynder E. L., Hirayama T. Comparative epidemiology of cancers of the United States and Japan. Prev Med. 1977 Dec;6(4):567–594. doi: 10.1016/0091-7435(77)90042-1. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]
  55. de Waard F. Premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer: one disease or two? J Natl Cancer Inst. 1979 Sep;63(3):549–552. doi: 10.1093/jnci/63.3.549. [DOI] [PubMed] [Google Scholar]

Articles from Bulletin of the New York Academy of Medicine are provided here courtesy of New York Academy of Medicine

RESOURCES