Preventive Strategies in Colorectal Carcinogenesis Production and Meat Processing

Colorectal Cancer is, in non-smokers for both sex, first cause of cancers mortality in Western country.
The main risk factors associated with colorectal cancer depend of lifestyle, and processed meat and red meat could be involved in carcinogenesis by cytotoxic and genotoxic compound linked to lipid peroxidation and nitrosation.
The aim of this study is to study the impact of the daily consumption of beef, processed or not, on lipid peroxidation induced heme iron ; and to study the impact of the daily consumption of ham, processed or not, on the nitrosilation induced heme iron.