Berg J W
Cancer Res. 1975 Nov;35(11 Pt. 2):3345-50.
International data on the distribution of hormone-dependent cancers suggest that they are cancers of affluence. Their occurrence parallels that of bowel cancer fairly closely in population and less closely with regard to individual patient risk. The most plausible hypothesis, although based on extremely incomplete knowledge, is that some components of the Western high-protein, high-fat diet acting in early life make individuals prone to develop these cancers.
关于激素依赖性癌症分布的国际数据表明，它们是富裕人群易患的癌症。其发病情况在人群中与肠癌相当接近，而在个体患者风险方面则不太紧密。最合理的假设是，尽管基于极其不完整的知识，但西方高蛋白、高脂肪饮食中的某些成分在生命早期起作用，使个体易于患上这些癌症。
