ArticleBritish journal of cancer2016
Dairy, calcium, vitamin D and ovarian cancer risk in African-American women.
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- Dairy Consumption and Total Cancer and Cancer-Specific Mortality: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2022Pooled it
- Association between vitamin D/calcium intake and 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of ovarian cancer: a dose-response relationship meta-analysis.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Dietary fiber intake and reduced risk of ovarian cancer: a meta-analysis.Nutrition journal · 2018Pooled it
- Calcium Intake and the Risk of Ovarian Cancer: A Meta-Analysis.Nutrients · 2017Pooled it
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- Nutrition as Modulator of Oxidative Stress in Cancer Prevention and Treatment.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Lifestyle-Based Approaches to Cancer Prevention and Treatment: Diet, Physical Activity, and Integrative Strategies.Pathophysiology : the official journal of the International Society for Pathophysiology · 2025Review
- Calcium deficiency and its implications for cardiovascular disease and cancer: Strategies for resolution via agronomic fortification.Food science & nutrition · 2024Review
- Cancer Prevention and Treatment Based on Lifestyles.Cancer treatment and research · 2024Review
- Prevention of Epithelial Ovarian Cancer.Cold Spring Harbor perspectives in medicine · 2023Review
- Integrative Medicine for Ovarian Cancer.Current oncology reports · 2023Review
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- Do adults and older people follow current guidelines for milk consumption?Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Exploring the prognostic significance of preoperative high normocalcemia in epithelial ovarian carcinoma.Archives of gynecology and obstetrics · 2021Article
- Association Between Pre-diagnostic Dietary Supplements Intake and Ovarian Cancer Survival: Findings From a Prospective Cohort Study in Chinese Women.Frontiers in nutrition · 2021Article
- Vitamin D Exposure and Ovarian Cancer Risk and Prognosis.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Review
- The Effects of the Dietary and Nutrient Intake on Gynecologic Cancers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2019Review
- Evaluation of vitamin D biosynthesis and pathway target genes reveals UGT2A1/2 and EGFR polymorphisms associated with epithelial ovarian cancer in African American Women.Cancer medicine · 2019Article
- Lactose Intolerance, Dairy Avoidance, and Treatment Options.Nutrients · 2018Review
- The role of vitamin D in ovarian cancer: epidemiology, molecular mechanism and prevention.Journal of ovarian research · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundNo previous study has evaluated the associations of dairy products, lactose, calcium and vitamin D with the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women, who are known to have high mortality from the disease, as well as to be at risk for calcium and vitamin D deficiency.
methodsWe evaluated these associations among 490 ovarian cancer cases and 656 age- and site-matched controls of African-American descent recruited into the African American Cancer Epidemiology Study, a population-based case-control study in 11 geographical areas in the US. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to estimate odds ratios (ORs) and 95% confidence intervals (CIs).
resultsAn increased ovarian cancer risk was observed for whole milk consumption and lactose intake (highest quartile vs lowest: OR=1.97, 95% CI: 1.25-3.10;P-trend: 0.008). Calcium intake was associated with a decreased risk of ovarian cancer (OR=0.51, 95 CI%: 0.30-0.86; P-trend: 0.009), but vitamin D intake was not. Longer sun exposure in summer months was found to predict a lower risk (OR=0.71, 95% CI: 0.51-0.99; P-trend: 0.049).
conclusionsOur findings suggest that a high-calcium, low-lactose diet, and sun exposure in summer months may reduce the risk of ovarian cancer in African-American women.
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