SynthesisBritish journal of cancer2011
Red and processed meat consumption and risk of ovarian cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis of prospective studies.
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- A comprehensive evaluation of epidemiological evidence on processed meat intake in relation to cancer, cardiovascular, metabolic diseases and all-cause mortality: an umbrella review.Frontiers in public health · 2026Pooled it
- Association between dietary intake and risk of ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Processed meat intake and chronic disease morbidity and mortality: An overview of systematic reviews and meta-analyses.PloS one · 2019Pooled it
- A summary of meat intakes and health burdens.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2018Pooled it
- Positive Effect of Higher Adult Body Mass Index on Overall Survival of Digestive System Cancers Except Pancreatic Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.BioMed research international · 2017Pooled it
- Gamma-glutamyltransferase and risk of cardiovascular mortality: A dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies.PloS one · 2017Pooled it
- Diabetes risk reduction diet and ovarian cancer risk: an Italian case-control study.Cancer causes & control : CCC · 2023Article
- Prevention of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2023Review
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- The relationship between processed meat, red meat, and risk of types of cancer: A Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Processed Meat Consumption and the Risk of Cancer: A Critical Evaluation of the Constraints of Current Evidence from Epidemiological Studies.Nutrients · 2021Review
- Meat, Meat Products and Seafood as Sources of Energy and Nutrients in the Average Polish Diet.Nutrients · 2018Article
- Epidemiology of ovarian cancer: a review.Cancer biology & medicine · 2017Article
- Human risk of diseases associated with red meat intake: Analysis of current theories and proposed role for metabolic incorporation of a non-human sialic acid.Molecular aspects of medicine · 2016Review
- Nitrate and nitrite ingestion and risk of ovarian cancer among postmenopausal women in Iowa.International journal of cancer · 2015Article
- Dietary approach to stop hypertension (DASH): diet components may be related to lower prevalence of different kinds of cancer: A review on the related documents.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2015Review
- Red and processed meat consumption and risk of glioma in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.Journal of research in medical sciences : the official journal of Isfahan University of Medical Sciences · 2015Review
- Role of poultry meat in a balanced diet aimed at maintaining health and wellbeing: an Italian consensus document.Food & nutrition research · 2015Article
- Cancer in British vegetarians: updated analyses of 4998 incident cancers in a cohort of 32,491 meat eaters, 8612 fish eaters, 18,298 vegetarians, and 2246 vegans.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014Article
- Meat, dairy, and cancer.The American journal of clinical nutrition · 2014Review
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Abstract
backgroundDuring the last decade, the epidemiological evidence on consumption of meat and risk of ovarian cancer has accumulated.
methodsWe assessed the relationship between red and processed meat consumption and risk of ovarian cancer with a dose-response meta-analysis. Relevant prospective cohort studies were identified by searching the PubMed and EMBASE databases through 21 January 2011, and by reviewing the reference lists of retrieved articles. Study-specific relative risk (RR) estimates were combined using a random-effects model.
resultsEight cohort studies were included in the meta-analysis. The summary RR for an intake increment of 100 g per week was 1.02 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.99-1.04) for red meat and 1.05 (95% CI, 0.98-1.14) for processed meat. For an intake increment of four servings per week, the summary RR of ovarian cancer was 1.07 (95% CI, 0.97-1.19) for red meat (100 g per serving) and 1.07 (95% CI, 0.97-1.17) for processed meat (30 g per serving).
conclusionResults from this dose-response meta-analysis suggest that red and processed meat consumption is not associated with risk of ovarian cancer. Although a lower consumption of red and processed meat may offer protection against other types of cancer, other interventions are needed to reduce the risk of ovarian cancer.
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