RESUMEN

Results from epidemiogical studies have provided clues as to etiological factors involved in the development of large bowel cancer. Overnutrition, especially in terms of dietary fat consumed, appears to be a key etiological variable affecting the rate of colon cancer. Epidemiologists can provide the leads for chemists and bacteriologists to pursue in population groups and for experimentalists to test in laboratory animals. Coordination of and cooperation between many disciplines is necessary in order to contribute to the prevention of this man-made disease.

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Dieta , Neoplasias Intestinales/etiología , Neoplasias del Colon/epidemiología , Neoplasias del Colon/prevención & control , Países en Desarrollo , Grasas de la Dieta , Femenino , Motilidad Gastrointestinal , Humanos , Japón , Masculino , Infarto del Miocardio/epidemiología , Puerto Rico , Neoplasias del Recto/epidemiología , Estudios Retrospectivos , Factores Sexuales , Factores Socioeconómicos , Neoplasias Gástricas/epidemiología , Estados Unidos

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Neoplasias del Colon/etiología , Grasas de la Dieta , África , Animales , Asia , Ácidos y Sales Biliares/metabolismo , Neoplasias del Colon/inducido químicamente , Neoplasias del Colon/metabolismo , Heces/microbiología , Geografía , Hawaii , Japón/etnología , Carne , América del Norte , América del Sur