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To the Editor: I am concerned that the report by Schatzkin and colleagues (April 20 issue)¹ may lead many people to conclude erroneously that diet does not affect susceptibility to colon cancer, even though the hypothesis was not adequately tested. According to Table 3 of the report, dietary fat decreased from 35.6 percent at randomization to 23.8 percent at four years in the intervention group and from 36.0 to 33.9 percent in the control group. Consumption of red meat decreased from 93.2 to 74.5 g per day in the intervention group and from 97.9 to 94.9 g per day in . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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