Urology
Volume 72, Issue 3 , Pages 633-637 , September 2008

The Men's Eating and Living (MEAL) Study: A Cancer and Leukemia Group B Pilot Trial of Dietary Intervention for the Treatment of Prostate Cancer

  • J. Kellogg Parsons

      Affiliations

    • Moores Cancer Center, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests: J. Kellogg Parsons, M.D., M.H.S., University of California-San Diego, Division of Urology, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, CA 21287-8897
    • ,
  • Vicky Newman

      Affiliations

    • Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
    • ,
  • James L. Mohler

      Affiliations

    • Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York
    • ,
  • John P. Pierce

      Affiliations

    • Moores Cancer Center, University of California-San Diego, La Jolla, California
    • ,
  • Electra Paskett

      Affiliations

    • Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
    • ,
  • James Marshall

      Affiliations

    • Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York

Received 24 August 2007 ,Accepted 12 November 2007.

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 Funding for this study was provided by Cancer and Leukemia Group B

PII: S0090-4295(07)02421-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2007.11.050

Urology
Volume 72, Issue 3 , Pages 633-637 , September 2008

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