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Effect of Plant- and Animal-Based Foods on Prostate Cancer Risk.

Following a plant-based diet may confer men with significant protection against prostate cancer.

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  • 2019
  • Shin J, Millstine D, Ruddy B, Wallace M, Fields H.
  • Division of Hematology in the Department of Internal Medicine and the Department of Medical Oncology at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota (Dr Shin); the Division of Women's Health Internal Medicine (Dr Millstine) and the Division of Community Internal Medicine in the Department of Medicine (Drs Ruddy, Wallace, and Fields) at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale, Arizona.
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Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

Alcohol intake may make colorectal cancer more likely to occur in an individual.

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  • 2007
  • Ferrari P, Jenab M, Norat T, Moskal A, Slimani N, Olsen A, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Jensen MK, Boutron-Ruault MC, Clavel-Chapelon F, Morois S, Rohrmann S, Linseisen J, Boeing H, Bergmann M, Kontopoulou D, Trichopoulou A, Kassapa C, Masala G, Krogh V, Vineis P, Panico S, Tumino R, van Gils CH, Peeters P, Bueno-de-Mesquita HB, Ocké MC, Skeie G, Lund E, Agudo A, Ardanaz E, López DC, Sanchez MJ, Quirós JR, Amiano P, Berglund G, Manjer J, Palmqvist R, Van Guelpen B, Allen N, Key T, Bingham S, Mazuir M, Boffetta P, Kaaks R, Riboli E.
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC-WHO), Lyon, France. ferrari@iarc.fr
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Vegetarianism and ischemic heart disease in older Chinese women.

Strict adherence to vegetarian diet is tied to lower risk of ischemic heart disease in older women.

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Fruit and vegetable consumption and its relation to risk of asthenopia among Chinese college students.

A decline in the likelihood of suffering from asthenopia is associated with generous consumption of dark-green leafy vegetables regularly.

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  • 2018
  • Guo F, Zhang Q, Fan MN, Ma L, Chen C, Liu XH, Jiang H, Liu Y.
  • The First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, China. Key Laboratory of Shaanxi Province for Craniofacial Precision Medicine Research, College of Stomatology, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710004, Shaanxi Province, China. School of Public Health, Xi'an Jiaotong University Health Science Center, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, China. Key Laboratory of Environment and Genes Related to Diseases, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Ministry of Education of China, Xi'an 710061, Shaanxi Province, China. Honghui Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an 710054, Shaanxi Province, China.
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Alcohol consumption and risk of gastric cancer: a cohort study of men in Kaunas, Lithuania, with up to 30 years follow-up.

Indulgence in alcohol may elevate the risk of stomach cancer in men.

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Prostate cancer and vegetable consumption.

Fondness for vegetables, such as tomatoes, may help halt the development of prostate cancer.

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  • 2009
  • Chan R, Lok K, Woo J.
  • Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Prince of Wales Hospital, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong SAR. ruthchansm@cuhk.edu.hk
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Myocardial infarction and alcohol consumption: A case-control study.

Binge drinkers may be highly prone to suffer from myocardial infarction.

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  • 2018
  • Ilic M, Grujicic Sipetic S, Ristic B, Ilic I.
  • Department of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. Institute of Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia. Clinic for Orthopedic Surgery and Traumatology, Clinical Center Kragujevac, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Kragujevac, Kragujevac, Serbia. Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia.
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Fried food consumption and risk of coronary artery disease: The Million Veteran Program.

Frequent consumption of fried foods may be associated with increased risk of coronary artery disease in men and women.

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  • 2019
  • Honerlaw JP, Ho YL, Nguyen XT, Cho K, Vassy JL, Gagnon DR, O'Donnell CJ, Gaziano JM, Wilson PWF, Djousse L; VA Million Veteran Program.
  • Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA. Electronic address: Jacqueline.Honerlaw@va.gov. Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA. Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Department of Biostatistics, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA. Massachusetts Veterans Epidemiology Research and Information Center (MAVERIC), VA Boston Healthcare System, Boston, MA, USA; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA. Atlanta VA Medical Center, Decatur, GA, USA; Emory University Schools of Medicine and Public Health, Atlanta, GA, USA.
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Lifetime and baseline alcohol intakes and risk of pancreatic cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study.

Regular drinking of alcohol may trigger the development of pancreatic cancer.

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  • 2018
  • Naudin S, Li K, Jaouen T, Assi N, Kyrø C, Tjønneland A, Overvad K, Boutron-Ruault MC, Rebours V, Védié AL, Boeing H, Kaaks R, Katzke V, Bamia C, Naska A, Trichopoulou A, Berrino F, Tagliabue G, Palli D, Panico S, Tumino R, Sacerdote C, Peeters PH, Bueno-de-Mesquita HBA, Weiderpass E, Gram IT, Skeie G, Chirlaque MD, Rodríguez-Barranco M, Barricarte A, Quirós JR, Dorronsoro M, Johansson I, Sund M, Sternby H, Bradbury KE, Wareham N, Riboli E, Gunter M, Brennan P, Duell EJ, Ferrari P.
  • Nutritional Methodology and Biostatistics Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. Danish Cancer Society Research Center, Copenhagen, Denmark. Section for Epidemiology, Department of Public Health, Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark. CESP, INSERM U1018, University of Paris-Sud, UVSQ, University of Paris-Saclay, Villejuif, France. Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. Pancreatology Unit, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France. INSERM U1149, University Paris 7, Paris, France. Department of Epidemiology, German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbruecke (DIfE), Potsdam, Germany. Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany. Hellenic Health Foundation, Athens, Greece. Unit of Nutritional Epidemiology and Nutrition in Public Health, Department of Hygiene, Epidemiology and Medical Statistics, School of Medicine, WHO Collaborating Center for Nutrition and Health, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Athens, Greece. Department of Preventive & Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Lombardy Cancer Registry Unit, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Milan, Italy. Cancer Risk Factors and Life-Style Epidemiology Unit, Cancer Research and Prevention Institute (ISPO), Florence, Italy. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University Federico II, Naples, Italy. Cancer Registry and Histopathology Department, Civic M.P.Arezzo Hospital, Ragusa, Italy, Ragusa, Italy. Unit of Cancer Epidemiology, Hospital and Center for Cancer Prevention (CPO), Città della Salute e della Scienza University, Turin, Italy. Department of Epidemiology, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. Department for Determinants of Chronic Diseases (DCD), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands. Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala, Malaysia, Lumpur. Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø, Norway. Department of Research, Cancer Registry of Norway, Institute of Population-Based Cancer Research, Oslo, Norway. Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 25 Genetic Epidemiology Group, Folkhälsan Research Center, Helsinki, Finland. 26 Department of Epidemiology, Regional Health Council, IMIB-Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain. 27 CIBER of Epidemiology and Public Health (CIBERESP), Madrid, Spain. 28 Department of Health and Social Sciences, University of Murcia, Murcia, Spain. 29 Biosanitary Investigation Institute (IBS) of Granada, University Hospital and University of Granada, Granada, Spain. 30 Navarra Public Health Institute, Pamplona, Spain. 31 Navarra Institute for Health Research (IdiSNA), Pamplona, Spain. 32 Public Health Directorate, Asturias, Spain. 33 Subdirección de Salud Pública de Gipuzkoa, Gobierno Vasco, San Sebastian, Spain. 34 Department of Odontology, Cariology, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. 35 Department of Surgical and Perioperative Sciences, Umeå University, Umeå, Sweden. 36 Department of Surgery, Institution of Clinical Sciences Malmö, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden. 37 Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Population Health, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 38 MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge Biomedical Campus, Cambridge, United Kingdom. 39 School of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom. 40 Nutrition and Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. 41 Genetic Epidemiology Group, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. 42 Unit of Nutrition and Cancer, Catalan Institute of Oncology (ICO-Idibell), Barcelona, Spain.
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Alcohol consumption and risk of colorectal cancer: the Findrink study.

​Heavy drinking of alcohol may increase the odds of developing colorectal cancer in men.

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  • 2008
  • Toriola AT, Kurl S, Laukanen JA, Mazengo C, Kauhanen J.
  • School of Public Health and Clinical Nutrition, University of Kuopio, P.O. Box 1627, 70211, Kuopio, Finland. adetunji.toriola@uta.fi
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Alcohol drinking and colorectal cancer in Japanese: a pooled analysis of results from five cohort studies.

Alcohol intake may put an individual at high risk of being diagnosed with colorectal cancer.

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  • 2008
  • Mizoue T, Inoue M, Wakai K, Nagata C, Shimazu T, Tsuji I, Otani T, Tanaka K, Matsuo K, Tamakoshi A, Sasazuki S, Tsugane S; Research Group for Development and Evaluation of Cancer Prevention Strategies in Japan.
  • Department of Epidemiology and International Health, Research Institute, International Medical Center of Japan, Tokyo, Japan. mizoue@ri.imcj.go.jp
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Sucrose, high-sugar foods, and risk of endometrial cancer--a population-based cohort study.

Diets rich in foods high in sucrose and other added sugars may elevate endometrial cancer risk.

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