ArticleBritish journal of cancer2017
Influence of dietary insulin scores on survival in colorectal cancer patients.
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- The association of dietary insulin load and index with the risk of cancer and cancer mortality: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Journal of diabetes and metabolic disorders · 2022Review
- Insulin and cancer: a tangled web.The Biochemical journal · 2022Review
- Sugar-sweetened beverage, artificially sweetened beverage and sugar intake and colorectal cancer survival.British journal of cancer · 2021Article
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- Post-diagnosis dietary insulinemic potential and survival outcomes among colorectal cancer patients.BMC cancer · 2020Article
- Post-cancer diagnosis dietary inflammatory potential is associated with survival among women diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.European journal of nutrition · 2020Article
- Association of Adipokines and Insulin, Which Have a Role in Obesity, with Colorectal Cancer.The Eurasian journal of medicine · 2019Review
- Dietary Insulin Load and Cancer Recurrence and Survival in Patients With Stage III Colon Cancer: Findings From CALGB 89803 (Alliance).Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 2019Observational
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough hyperinsulinemia is hypothesised to be involved in colorectal carcinogenesis, it remains unclear whether a diet inducing an elevated insulin response influences colorectal cancer (CRC) survival.
methodsWe examined the association of post-diagnosis dietary insulin scores with survival among 2006 patients from two large prospective cohorts who were diagnosed with CRC from 1976 to 2010. Dietary insulin load was calculated as a function of the food insulin index. Dietary insulin index was calculated by dividing insulin load by total energy intake. Cox proportional hazards models were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for CRC-specific mortality and overall mortality, adjusted for other risk factors for cancer survival.
resultsThe adjusted HRs for CRC-specific mortality comparing the highest to the lowest quintiles were 1.82 (95% CI: 1.20-2.75, P
conclusionsHigher dietary insulin scores after CRC diagnosis were associated with a statistically significant increase in CRC-specific and overall mortality.
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