Lignans, similar in structure to endogenous sex steroid hormones, may act in vivo to alter
hormone metabolism and subsequent cancer risk. The objective of this study was to …

It is becoming increasingly clear that dietary traditions and habits play an important role in
the causation and development of a number of major human cancers (24, 81, 151); this …

A population-based case–control study of diet, inherited susceptibility and prostate cancer
was undertaken in the lowlands and central belt of Scotland to investigate the effect of phyto …

Phyto-oestrogens are dietary components found in some plants, which act in vivo like weak
oestrogens. They may reduce the risk of some degenerative diseases moderated by …

The current extension of the indications for adjuvant chemotherapy, which predisposes to
early menopause, and the media coverage of the benefits of hormone replacement therapy …

It has been known for a number of years that only a small percentage of the metabolites of
administered estrone or estradiol can be definitely identified in the urine of human subjects …

As part of a study of the aetiology of cancer of the large bowel the faecal bacterial and fungal
flora and the faecal steroids of English people living on a strict vegetarian diet were …

Equol, a nonsteroidal estrogen of dietary origin, was recently identified in human urine, and
is excreted in amounts comparable to the classical steroidal estrogens. We confirm here that …

RESULTS REPRODUCIBILITY OF THE ANSWERS Sixty-three patients, including 10 with
cancer of the stomach and 53 controls, were selected for re-interview three months later …

As a result of Cancer Registry, a total of 219 cancers of the gastrointestinal tract were found
among 360,510 railway employees and their families during the period 1 January 1968 to …