BACKGROUND: A number of countries in the South Pacific have very low cancer incidence. In spite of a high percentage of the population habituated to tobacco, the cancer incidence in countries such as Vanuatu and Fiji experience age-standardized cancer incidence in the 70's. A number of studies have noted the low cancer incidence in these countries and have postulated that a dietary chemopreventive agent might be responsible. METHODS: The cancer incidence studies for the Pacific Islands were completed in the 1980's. During this time period accurate records allow for a calculation of local kava consumption. This study compares the cancer incidence for a number of Pacific Island Nations with local kava consumption. RESULTS/ CONCLUSIONS: The data indicates that the more kava consumed by a population the lower the cancer incidence for that population. The data suggests there is a close inverse relationship between cancer incidence and kava consumption.
BACKGROUND: A number of countries in the South Pacific have very low cancer incidence. In spite of a high percentage of the population habituated to tobacco, the cancer incidence in countries such as Vanuatu and Fiji experience age-standardized cancer incidence in the 70's. A number of studies have noted the low cancer incidence in these countries and have postulated that a dietary chemopreventive agent might be responsible. METHODS: The cancer incidence studies for the Pacific Islands were completed in the 1980's. During this time period accurate records allow for a calculation of local kava consumption. This study compares the cancer incidence for a number of Pacific Island Nations with local kava consumption. RESULTS/ CONCLUSIONS: The data indicates that the more kava consumed by a population the lower the cancer incidence for that population. The data suggests there is a close inverse relationship between cancer incidence and kava consumption.
Authors: Pablo Leitzman; Sreekanth C Narayanapillai; Silvia Balbo; Bo Zhou; Pramod Upadhyaya; Ahmad Ali Shaik; M Gerard O'Sullivan; Stephen S Hecht; Junxuan Lu; Chengguo Xing Journal: Cancer Prev Res (Phila) Date: 2014-01
Authors: Toshinori Sakai; Ramez N Eskander; Yi Guo; Kap Jung Kim; Jason Mefford; Justin Hopkins; Nitin N Bhatia; Xiaolin Zi; Bang H Hoang Journal: J Orthop Res Date: 2011-12-29 Impact factor: 3.494
Authors: Yi Wang; Sreekanth C Narayanapillai; Katelyn M Tessier; Lori G Strayer; Pramod Upadhyaya; Qi Hu; Rick Kingston; Ramzi G Salloum; Junxuan Lu; Stephen S Hecht; Dorothy K Hatsukami; Naomi Fujioka; Chengguo Xing Journal: Cancer Prev Res (Phila) Date: 2020-02-26
Authors: Malcolm A Moore; Francine Baumann; Sunia Foliaki; Marc T Goodman; Robert Haddock; Roger Maraka; Josefa Koroivueta; David Roder; Thomas Vinit; Helen J D Whippy; Tomotaka Sobue Journal: Asian Pac J Cancer Prev Date: 2010
Authors: Xuesen Li; Zhongbo Liu; Xia Xu; Christopher A Blair; Zheng Sun; Jun Xie; Michael B Lilly; Xiaolin Zi Journal: PLoS One Date: 2012-02-09 Impact factor: 3.240
Authors: Tao Ji; Carol Lin; Lauren S Krill; Ramez Eskander; Yi Guo; Xiaolin Zi; Bang H Hoang Journal: Mol Cancer Date: 2013-06-10 Impact factor: 27.401