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A 3 page research paper that discusses risk reduction in relation to pancreatic cancer and hypertension. The writer relates both topics to improving diet and nutrition. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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the diagnosis (Nkondjock, et al, 2005). Hypertension, that is, high blood pressure, leads to a variety of co-morbid conditions, such as "cardiovascular disease, stroke, renal failure, dementia, and ultimately death"
("Hypertension," 2007, p. 539). The risk of becoming hypertensive during the course of a lifetime for people living in the developed countries has reached the incredibly high level of 90
percent. While vastly different, the risk for contracting either one of these deadly diseases can be positively affected through nutritional interventions. In a controlled study of 462 histologically confirmed
cases of pancreatic cancer and 4721 population-based controls located in eight Canadian provinces, Nkondjock, et al (2005) employed unconditional logistic regression in order to evaluate associations between specific and total
carotenoid intakes and relative to the risk of developing pancreatic cancer. Previous research has already established that a high consumption of fruits and vegetables, as major sources of carotenoids, instigate
physiological events that work to prevent cancer. These events include "antioxidant activity, enhancement of immune function, stimulation of gap junctional intercellular communication, induction of detoxifying enzymes and inhibition of cellular
proliferation" (Nkondjock, et al, 2005, p. 592). After adjusting for a variety of variables ("age, province, BMI, smoking, educational attainment, dietary folate,
and total energy intake"), the researchers determined that lycopene, which was provided primarily from tomatoes, could be associated with a 31 percent reduction in pancreatic cancer risk among men and
total carotenoid intakes were associated with a reduced risk for pancreatic cancer among individuals who had never smoked. This studys results suggest that eating a diet that is rich in
tomatoes and tomato-based products may aid in reducing pancreatic cancer risk due to their high lycopene content (Nkondjock, et al, 2005). In
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