[Nutritional profile of patients with cancer of the pancreas].

A case control study was carried out in the Geneva area from 1976 to 1980 to determine correlation between cancer of the pancreas and nutrition. The controls were randomly selected from the general population and 88 patients with pancreatic cancer were interviewed on their food habits by two experienced dietitians. Bias may always be suggested, but even Anglo-Saxon workers are increasingly adopting this method.

[Assessment of the nutritional intake of the adult population of Geneva based on individual quantitative questionnaires].

This paper presents the variation in dietary intake, according to sex and age, observed among a representative sample of the over-19-years old residents of Canton Geneva (Switzerland). 576 men and 384 women have been interviewed by 2 specially trained dietitians using a dietary history questionnaire (7.9% of the total population).

[Interaction of alcohol and nutrition factors in the etiology of hepatic cirrhosis in men].

Habitual food and alcohol intake throughout adult life were assessed by interview in 211 patients suffering of liver cirrhosis and 387 control subjects selected at random from the corresponding general population. In the cirrhotics only the habits prior to clinical disease were taken into account. A significant dose-response relationship between alcohol intake and relative risk of cirrhosis, as well as the protective effect of total caloric intake and of its protein fraction, was demonstrated by logistic regression analysis.

[Alcohol, tobacco and food consumption in liver cancer and cirrhosis. Preliminary results].

In German the consumption of food among cirrhotic patients, whether male or female and among male patients with primary liver cancer (PLC), is virtually the same as in normals. Alcohol consumption is very high in all three groups. The heaviest drinkers are the cirrhotic males, but the highest patient/control ratio is found among cirrhotic females (X 5.

[Alcohol, tobacco and food consumption in pancreatic diseases. Preliminary results of a study of 1000 cases].

The incidence of the cancer of the pancreas is particulary high in Geneva. To determine the possible effects of tobacco, alcohol and/or food, the consumption habits of patients with digestive diseases have been studied at the University Hospital of Geneva since 1977. The present contribution deals with pancreatic patients only.