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Article: Experts probe link between diet, colon cancer
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- New Pittsburgh Courier
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- July 19, 2006
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WASHINGTON-At a press conference during the International Research Conference on Food, Nutrition and Cancer in Washington, DC, a spokesman for the nation's leading diet-cancer authority pointed to a shift in the focus of research exploring diet's role in colon cancer risk.
"Until recently, researchers studying colon cancer have concentrated on the potential protective effect of diets high in fiber. Today we see more and more investigations into the harmful effect of diets high in meat," said Jeffrey R. Prince, Vice President for Education for the American Institute for Cancer Research .
He spoke at the end of a press conference in which Dr. Stephen O'Keefe of the University of Pittsburgh ...