SUMMARY OF THE ROUND-TABLE DISCUSSION ON STRATEGIES FOR CANCER PREVENTION - DIET, FOOD, ADDITIVES, SUPPLEMENTS, AND DRUGS

A Round Table Discussion was held at the Fourth International Conferen ce on Anticarcinogenesis and Radiation Protection. Scientists from gov ernment and academia were brought together to discuss the evidence for the preventive effect of foods, specific nutrients and drugs against cancer, and the most appropriate methods of initiating nutritional can cer prevention activities to improve the health of the public. The pan el reviewed the epidemiological evidence of the role of diet and speci fic micronutrients for the prevention of cancer, the doses of specific micronutrients required for preventive effects and their safety, the evidence for aspirin as a chemopreventive agent, the issue of foods ve rsus specific micronutrients in the prevention of cancer, food safety, and approaches to prevention such as food fortification or dietary su pplements. The remarks of the panel members are summarized.