Coevolution between Cancer Activities and Food Structure of Human Being from Southwest China

Biomed Res Int. 2015:2015:497934. doi: 10.1155/2015/497934. Epub 2015 Nov 1.

Abstract

Yunnan and Tibet are the lowest cancer mortality and the largest producer for anticancer crops (brown rice, barley, buckwheat, tea, walnut, mushrooms, and so forth). Shanghai and Jiangsu province in China have the highest mortality of cancers, which are associated with the sharp decline of barley.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • China
  • Crops, Agricultural
  • Food*
  • Hordeum
  • Humans
  • Neoplasms / etiology*
  • Oryza
  • Tibet