is milk good for colon
Colorectal cancer is the 3rd most common type of cancer worldwide with about 1.2 million new cases diagnosed in 2008 accounting for 9.7% of all cancers (Ferlay and others ). An increased consumption of milk or dairy products is associated with a significant reduction in colon cancer (Elwood and others ). Cho and others () conducted a large pooled analysis of data from 10 cohorts (n = 534, 536) from 5 countries and found 4992 individuals diagnosed with colorectal cancer at follow-up.