© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 6, 405,
March 20, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
Press Release
Calcium Intake May be Associated with Reduced Risk of Colon Cancer
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Increased calcium intake may reduce the risk of cancers in the left, or distal, colon, report Kana Wu, M.D., Ph.D., and Edward L. Giovannucci, M.D., Sc.D., of the Harvard School of Public Health, and their coworkers. Their findings appear in the March 20 issue of