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he Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial is a document that examines all of these possible preventers, and looks at the evidence that exists to support their effectiveness. This report has been published by the UK Tea Council and covers much of the research that supports the theory that green tea can prevent prostate cancer. In addition, this report discusses the strides made in prostate cancer prevention, and why this cancer in particular should be a target for prevention, rather than treatment.

Colorectal cancer is a major health concern and public health problem in most of the Western countries despite widespread use of screening technique to detect early stages of this disease. In the United States alone more than 148,000 people are diagnosed with colorectal cancer each year. Over 55,000 deaths occur in the United States due to colorectal cancer. Colon cancer is a very common disease and it is the third most common type of cancer in both sexes. In men it ranks third after prostate and lung cancer and in women after lung and breast cancer. Colorectal cancer ranks second after lung cancer in terms of number of deaths from cancer.