Lifestyle and Prevention

This section includes links to resources and fact sheets related to diet, food, and nutrition, and to NCI web sites containing specifics about cancer causes and risk factors.

Diet and Nutrition Links

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2005
• Nutritional Sciences Research Group

NCI Fact Sheets on Clinical Trials of Diet or Nutritional Supplements

• Low-fat Diet May Reduce Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrencee (Posted May 17, 2005)
• Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT): Questions and Answers (Reviewed: 06/13/2005)
• Zinc Deficiency Linked to Increased Risk of Less-Common Form of Esophageal Cancer (Posted: 02/15/2005)
• Diet Has No Effect on Recurrence of Colorectal Polyps (Reviewed: 06/27/2006)
• Followup to Alpha-Tocopherol, Beta-Carotene Cancer Prevention (ATBC) Trial (Posted: 07/22/2003)
• Questions and Answers: The Polyp Prevention Trial and the Wheat Bran Fiber Study (Posted: 04/19/2000)
• Antioxidants and Cancer Prevention (Updated: 07/28/2004)
• Tea and Cancer Prevention (Posted: 12/06/2002)
• Red Wine and Cancer Prevention (Posted: 11/27/2002)
• Garlic and Cancer Prevention (Posted: 01/22/2008)

NCI Links on Cancer Causes and Risk Factors

• Cancer Causes and Risk Factors Webpage
• Tobacco and Cancer Homepage
• Environmental Tobacco Smoke (Updated: 02/22/2005)