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This week on Healthwatch, we're going to talk about cancer and ways to prevent, detect and treat it. While there's a lot we still don't know about how or why cancer develops, research has found some ways to help prevent the disease. Diet appears to play a big role.
Dr. Clifford Simmang, director of colon and rectal surgery at UT Southwestern Medical Center, says getting more calcium in your diet could help prevent colorectal cancer. Increased calcium consumption through diet or supplements appears to prevent the formation of colon polyps that can become cancerous. Doctors recommend that you get about 1,000 to 1,200 milligrams of calcium a day for maximum benefits. That's three to four glasses of skim milk.
Next: the importance of detecting ovarian cancer in its earliest stages.
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July 2005
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