Calorie restriction limits and obesity fuels development of epit...

Courtesy EurekAlert! - Cancer  Sun, 04/13/2008 - 23:00

A restricted-calorie diet inhibited the development of precancerous growths in a two-step model of skin cancer, reducing the activation of two signaling pathways known to contribute to cancer growth and development, researchers at The University of Texas M.

D. Anderson Cancer Center report today at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting.

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