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ReviewAnnual review of nutrition2017

Nature, Nurture, and Cancer Risks: Genetic and Nutritional Contributions to Cancer.

Evropi Theodoratou, Maria Timofeeva, Xue Li, Xiangrui Meng, John P A Ioannidis

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Review in Annual review of nutrition, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 63 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
63citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
12.8field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

63 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Evropi TheodoratouCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom.
Maria TimofeevaColon Cancer Genetics Group, Medical Research Council Human Genetics Unit, Medical Research Council Institute of Genetics & Molecular Medicine, Western General Hospital, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH4 2XU, United Kingdom.
Xue LiCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom.
Xiangrui MengCentre for Global Health Research, Usher Institute of Population Health Sciences and Informatics, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH8 9AG, United Kingdom.
John P A IoannidisStanford Prevention Research Center, Departments of Medicine and Health Research and Policy, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California 94305-5411; email: jioannid@stanford.edu.
University of Edinburgh · GBStanford University · USWestern General Hospital · GB

Funding

Cancer Research UK 22804Cancer Research UK C31250/A22804Cancer Research UK C348/A18927
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

It is speculated that genetic variants are associated with differential responses to nutrients (known as gene-diet interactions) and that these variations may be linked to different cancer risks. In this review, we critically evaluate the evidence across 314 meta-analyses of observational studies and randomized controlled trials of dietary risk factors and the five most common cancers (breast, lung, prostate, colorectal, and stomach). We also critically evaluate the evidence across 13 meta-analyses of observational studies of gene-diet interactions for the same cancers. Convincing evidence for association was found only for the intake of alcohol and whole grains in relation to colorectal cancer risk. Three nutrient associations had highly suggestive evidence and another 15 associations had suggestive evidence. Among the examined gene-diet interactions, only one had moderately strong evidence.

Indexed as

FoodGenetic Predisposition to DiseasePolymorphism, GeneticDietEthanolFemaleGene-Environment InteractionHumansMaleNeoplasmsRisk FactorsEthanolbreast cancercancercolorectal cancerdietgenesinteractionlung cancernutrigeneticsprostate cancerstomach cancer

Identifiers

PMID28826375
PMCPMC6143166
OpenAlexW2507321490

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Registered trials

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