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Risk of cancer in regular and low meat-eaters, fish-eaters, and vegetarians: a prospective analysis of UK Biobank participants

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Following a vegetarian diet has become increasingly popular and some evidence suggests that being vegetarian may be associated with a lower risk of cancer overall. However, for specific cancer sites, the evidence is limited. Our aim was to assess the associations of vegetarian and non-vegetarian diets with risks of all cancer, colorectal cancer, postmenopausal breast cancer, and prostate cancer and to explore the role of potential mediators between these ass... Expand abstract
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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1186/s12916-022-02256-w

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
Nuffield Department of Population Health
Sub department:
Cancer Epidemiology Unit
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Publisher:
BioMed Central
Journal:
BMC Medicine More from this journal
Volume:
20
Article number:
73
Publication date:
2022-02-24
Acceptance date:
2022-01-13
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EISSN:
1741-7015
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
1233128
Local pid:
pubs:1233128
Deposit date:
2022-01-20

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