Title |
The COLON study: Colorectal cancer: Longitudinal, Observational study on Nutritional and lifestyle factors that may influence colorectal tumour recurrence, survival and quality of life
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Published in |
BMC Cancer, May 2014
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DOI | 10.1186/1471-2407-14-374 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Renate M Winkels, Renate C Heine-Bröring, Moniek van Zutphen, Suzanne van Harten-Gerritsen, Dieuwertje EG Kok, Fränzel JB van Duijnhoven, Ellen Kampman |
Abstract |
There is clear evidence that nutrition and lifestyle can modify colorectal cancer risk. However, it is not clear if those factors can affect colorectal cancer treatment, recurrence, survival and quality of life. This paper describes the background and design of the "COlorectal cancer: Longitudinal, Observational study on Nutritional and lifestyle factors that may influence colorectal tumour recurrence, survival and quality of life" - COLON - study. The main aim of this study is to assess associations of diet and other lifestyle factors, with colorectal cancer recurrence, survival and quality of life. We extensively investigate diet and lifestyle of colorectal cancer patients at diagnosis and during the following years; this design paper focusses on the initial exposures of interest: diet and dietary supplement use, body composition, nutrient status (e.g. vitamin D), and composition of the gut microbiota. |
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