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Diet and diverticular disease in Oxford cohort of European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): prospective study of British vegetarians and non-vegetarians.

Generous intake of vegetarian and high-fiber diets may cut down diverticular disease risk.

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  • 2011
  • Crowe FL, Appleby PN, Allen NE, Key TJ.
  • Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, UK. francesca.crowe@ceu.ox.ac.uk
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Alcohol drinking and colorectal cancer in Japanese: a pooled analysis of results from 5 cohort studies.

Regular consumers of alcohol are more prone to develop colorectal cancer than non-consumers of alcoholic products.

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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
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Diet, vegetarianism, and cataract risk.

Vegetarians are less likely to develop cataracts than frequent consumers of meat and fish.

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Egg intake and cancers of the breast, ovary and prostate: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective observational studies.

Generous intake of eggs may increase breast, prostate, and ovarian cancer risk.

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  • 2015
  • Keum N, Lee DH, Marchand N, Oh H, Liu H, Aune D, Greenwood DC, Giovannucci EL.
  • Department of Nutrition,Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health,Boston,USA. Department of Epidemiology and Health Statistics,Zhejiang University,Zhejiang,People's Republic of China. Department of Public Health and General Practice,Faculty of Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology,Trondheim,Norway. Division of Biostatistics,University of Leeds,Leeds,UK.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Alcohol drinking and risk of renal cell carcinoma: the results of meta-analysis.

Regular drinking of alcohol may increase the renal cancer development risk.

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  • 2012
  • Bellocco R, Pasquali E, Rota M, Bagnardi V, Tramacere I, Scotti L, Pelucchi C, Boffetta P, Corrao G, La Vecchia C.
  • Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Red meat consumption and stomach cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

Individuals who regularly consume high red meat diets are more likely to develop stomach cancer than those who are rare- or non-consumers of red meat.

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A meta-analysis on alcohol drinking and gastric cancer risk.

Compared to non-consumers, heavy consumers of alcohol are more likely to develop stomach cancer.

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  • 2012
  • Tramacere I, Negri E, Pelucchi C, Bagnardi V, Rota M, Scotti L, Islami F, Corrao G, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P.
  • Department of Epidemiology, Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research, Milan, Italy.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Red and processed meat intake is associated with higher gastric cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiological observational studies.

A surge in the risk of gastric cancer is associated with high intake of red and processed meat products, such as beef, bacon, and sausage.

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  • 2013
  • Zhu H, Yang X, Zhang C, Zhu C, Tao G, Zhao L, Tang S, Shu Z, Cai J, Dai S, Qin Q, Xu L, Cheng H, Sun X.
  • Department of Radiation Oncology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • Yes. Source of funding disclosure found
  • This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of China (grant number 81272504), the Innovation Team (number LJ201123 (EH11)), and Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Projects (BK2011854 (DA11)), and “333” Project of Jiangsu Province (BRA2012210 (RS12)), and research grants from Chinese Society of Clinical Oncology (T-H2010-033 (KA10)).
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Egg consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of prospective studies.

Consistent consumption of eggs may increase an individual’s chances of developing type 2 diabetes.

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  • 2016
  • Djoussé L, Khawaja OA, Gaziano JM.
  • Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, and ldjousse@partners.org. Department of Cardiology, Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Toledo, OH. Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Coffee and tea consumption and risk of laryngeal cancer: a systematic review meta-analysis.

Regular drinking of coffee may increase laryngeal cancer risk.

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  • 2014
  • Chen J, Long S.
  • Department of Otolaryngology, Central South University Affiliated The Third Xiangya Hospital, Changsha, Hunan, China.
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Consumption of beer and colorectal cancer incidence: a meta-analysis of observational studies.

Alcohol and beer drinkers are highly vulnerable to colorectal cancer.

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  • 2015
  • Zhang C, Zhong M.
  • Department of Colorectal Surgery, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 1630 Dongfang Road, Pudong New District, 200127, Shanghai, China.
  • No, Free full text of study was not found.
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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Alcohol drinking and colorectal cancer risk: an overall and dose-response analysis of published studies.

Colorectal cancer is more likely to occur in individuals who are heavy or moderate drinkers of alcohol.

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  • 2011
  • Fedirko V, Tramacere I, Bagnardi V, Rota M, Scotti L, Islami F, Negri E, Straif K, Romieu I, La Vecchia C, Boffetta P, Jenab M.
  • International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France. fedirkov@fellows.iarc.fr
  • Yes, Free full text of study was found:
  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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