Fruit and vegetable consumption and risk of aggressive and non-aggressive urothelial cell carcinomas in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition.

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BACKGROUND: Many epidemiological studies have examined fruit and vegetable consumption in relation to the risk of urothelial cell carcinoma (UCC) of the bladder, but results are inconsistent. The association between fruit and vegetable consumption and UCC risk may vary by bladder tumour aggressiveness. Therefore, we examined the relation between fruit and vegetable consumption and the risk of aggressive and non-aggressive UCC in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition...

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Authors: Ros, M; Bueno-de-Mesquita, H; Kampman, E; Büchner, F; Aben, K

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)
• Volume: 48
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 3267-3277
• Publication date: 2012-11-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.05.026
• EISSN: 1879-0852
• ISSN: 0959-8049
• Language: English
• Keywords: Humans; Europe; Vegetables; Female; Prospective Studies; Fruit; Male; Risk; Urinary Bladder Neoplasms; Diet; Proportional Hazards Models