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Alice J. Waller; Patricia A. McGraw; Virginia A. Schauss; Athanasios Theologides, MD
University of Minnesota Medical Center Minneapolis

JAMA. 1976;236(23):2601-2602.

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To the Editor.—

Patients with cancer frequently search their nutritional history for dietary factors supposedly etiologic in the genesis of their disease. After the diagnosis, they may originate changes in their diet in an effort to improve their general health and to control the cancer.

We evaluated the frequency and the type of dietary changes initiated by patients after the diagnosis of cancer. We obtained a nutritional history in 100 consecutive patients with solid tumors admitted to the Medical Oncology Service at the University of Minnesota Medical Center. An arbitrary criterion for inclusion in the study was a diagnosis of cancer of at least three months prior to admission for the patient to have some time to consider and institute dietary changes.

Eighteen patients started taking multivitamins or minerals or "nutrients" after the diagnosis. Three additional patients modified their diet and started taking multivitamins. Another four patients modified only their . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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