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Fruit and vegetable intakes and the risk of colorectal cancer in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project follow-up cohortAndrew Flood
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, The National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 75:936-43. 2002..Recent findings have cast doubt on the hypothesis that high intakes of fruit and vegetables are associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer...
Folate, methionine, alcohol, and colorectal cancer in a prospective study of women in the United StatesAndrew Flood
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, 6120 Executive Blvd, MSC 7232, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 13:551-61. 2002..We investigated the associations of folate, methionine, and alcohol intake, as well as combinations of these factors, with risk of colorectal cancer (CRC)...
Available carbohydrates, glycemic load, and pancreatic cancer: is there a link?Cari L Meinhold
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:1174-82. 2010..Rather than being causal, the short-term increase in pancreatic cancer risk associated with high available carbohydrate and low fat intake may be capturing dietary changes associated with subclinical disease...
Dietary meat intake in relation to colorectal adenoma in asymptomatic womenLeah M Ferrucci
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 104:1231-40. 2009....
Genomic methylation of leukocyte DNA in relation to colorectal adenoma among asymptomatic womenUnhee Lim
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, NIH, DHHS, Rockville, Maryland, USA
Gastroenterology 134:47-55. 2008..We examined genomic methylation of leukocyte DNA in relation to colorectal adenoma (CRA) among asymptomatic women (40-79 years of age) participating in a multicenter colonoscopy screening study (CONCeRN Study, 2000-2002)...
Meat, fat, and their subtypes as risk factors for colorectal cancer in a prospective cohort of womenAndrew Flood
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:59-68. 2003..This study provided no evidence of an association between either meat or fat (or any of their subtypes) and colorectal cancer incidence, but the authors cannot rule out the possibility of a modest association...
Adiposity in relation to colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps in womenMichael F Leitzmann
The Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, 6120 Executive Blvd, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Cancer Causes Control 20:1497-507. 2009..To examine whether BMI is independently related to colorectal adenomas and hyperplastic polyps...
Diet quality and subsequent cancer incidence and mortality in a prospective cohort of womenVolker Mai
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute/NIH, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Int J Epidemiol 34:54-60. 2005..Incidence was only decreased for lung cancers. These observations are consistent with the hypothesis that a high RFS dietary pattern, or associated lifestyle factors, might affect cancer progression and survival...
Comparing 3 dietary pattern methods--cluster analysis, factor analysis, and index analysis--With colorectal cancer risk: The NIH-AARP Diet and Health StudyJill Reedy
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20892 7344, USA
Am J Epidemiol 171:479-87. 2010..Similarities were found across methods, suggesting basic qualities of healthy diets. Nonetheless, findings vary because each method answers a different question...
Dietary fibre and risk of colorectal cancer in the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project (BCDDP) follow-up cohortVolker Mai
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD, 20892, USA
Int J Epidemiol 32:234-9. 2003..We investigated the association between dietary fibre intake and risk of CRC in a cohort of women that prospectively answered a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)...
Dietary fibre and colorectal adenoma in a colorectal cancer early detection programmeUlrike Peters
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, US National Institutes of Health, DHHS, MD 20892 7273, USA
Lancet 361:1491-5. 2003..Although dietary fibre has been reported to have no association with colorectal adenoma and cancer, in some studies this topic remains controversial...
Calcium intake and colorectal adenoma in a US colorectal cancer early detection programUlrike Peters
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 80:1358-65. 2004..Calcium can reduce the risk of colorectal tumors by binding secondary bile and fatty acids, which leads to antiproliferative effects in the bowel, or by acting directly on the colonic epithelium, which affects differentiation and apoptosis...
Loss of insulin-like growth factor-II imprinting and the presence of screen-detected colorectal adenomas in womenKaren Woodson
Cancer Prevention Studies Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Natl Cancer Inst 96:407-10. 2004..These findings are intriguing and need to be confirmed in larger studies...
Glycemic index, carbohydrates, glycemic load, and the risk of pancreatic cancer in a prospective cohort studyLi Jiao
Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, MD 20852, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 18:1144-51. 2009..The higher risk associated with high free fructose intake needs further confirmation and elucidation...
Dietary patterns as identified by factor analysis and colorectal cancer among middle-aged AmericansAndrew Flood
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health and The Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:176-84. 2008..Although diet has long been suspected as an etiological factor for colorectal cancer, studies of single foods and nutrients have provided inconsistent results...
Serum concentrations of insulin-like growth factor and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 and recurrent colorectal adenomasAndrew Flood
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1493-8. 2008..Why IGF-I would decrease risk of recurrent adenoma (as distinct from incident adenoma or colorectal cancer) is not clear...
History of allergy and reduced incidence of colorectal cancer, Iowa Women's Health StudyAnna E Prizment
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 16:2357-62. 2007..63 to 0.78 across these end points). Allergy history, which may reflect enhanced immunosurveillance, is associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer...
Carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load and colorectal adenomas in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Screening StudyAndrew Flood
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 84:1184-92. 2006..It is possible that high-glycemic-load diets, through their hyperinsulinemic effects, can increase the risk of colorectal cancer...
Dietary carbohydrate, glycemic index, and glycemic load and the risk of colorectal cancer in the BCDDP cohortLori Strayer
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Cancer Causes Control 18:853-63. 2007..Case-control studies support this hypothesis, but prospective cohorts have had mixed results...
Empirically derived dietary patterns and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in a large prospective cohort studyEllen M Velie
Department of Epidemiology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:1308-19. 2005..Inconsistent associations have been reported between diet and breast cancer...
Colonoscopic screening of average-risk women for colorectal neoplasiaPhilip Schoenfeld
Division of Gastroenterology, University of Michigan School of Medicine and Veterans Affairs Center for Excellence in Health Services Research, Ann Arbor 48105, USA
N Engl J Med 352:2061-8. 2005..In a tandem study, we examined the yield of screening colonoscopy in women...
Calcium from diet and supplements is associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer in a prospective cohort of womenAndrew Flood
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota, 1300 South Second Street, Suite 300, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:126-32. 2005..e., diet or supplements)...
Elevated serum concentrations of insulin and glucose increase risk of recurrent colorectal adenomasAndrew Flood
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health and the Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Gastroenterology 133:1423-9. 2007..Indicators of insulin resistance have been hypothesized to promote colorectal cancer...
