Nelson R L
Anticancer Res. 1987 May-Jun;7(3 Pt A):259-69.
Variations in dietary exposure to several minerals may alter the risk of acquiring colorectal cancer. These minerals include selenium, zinc, calcium, sodium, potassium, iron and fluoride. The mechanism by which each of these minerals alters cancer risk is not established. However, as both the epidemiologic and experimental evidence for major calorie sources, fat and protein, being the primary determinants of colorectal cancer risk is weakening, micronutrients may prove to be the primary determinants of risk in human colorectal cancer.
几种矿物质的膳食摄入量变化可能会改变患结直肠癌的风险。这些矿物质包括硒、锌、钙、钠、钾、铁和氟化物。这些矿物质中每种改变癌症风险的机制尚未明确。然而，由于作为结直肠癌风险主要决定因素的主要热量来源（脂肪和蛋白质）的流行病学和实验证据正在减弱，微量营养素可能被证明是人类结直肠癌风险的主要决定因素。
