在西方国家人群中饮食因素影响直肠、结肠癌的发病风险早已被证实,相反,这些因素对亚裔人群直肠,结肠癌发病风险的影响则很少有人研究。 新加坡国立大学Dr.Adeline Seow及其同事比较了121名直肠、结肠癌和对照的222名健康人的饮食习惯。特别是向他们询问了参加本研究前3年的饮食习惯。所有应试者都是华裔,并且都曾于1999年10月～2000年5月间到新加坡医院就诊过。那些每年食用红色肉 The risk of rectal and colon cancer has been confirmed in western countries due to dietary factors. On the contrary, the influence of these factors on the risk of rectal and colon cancer in Asians is seldom studied. Dr. Adeline Seow and colleagues from the National University of Singapore compared the eating habits of 222 healthy people with 121 rectal, colon cancers and controls. In particular, they were asked about their eating habits for the first three years of the study. All candidates were ethnic Chinese and had visited the Singapore hospital from October 1999 to May 2000. Those eat red meat every year