ArticleJournal of the American Academy of Dermatology2018
Red meat and processed meat intake and risk for cutaneous melanoma in white women and men: Two prospective cohort studies.
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- Consumption of red meat and processed meat and cancer incidence: a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective studies.European journal of epidemiology · 2021Pooled it
- The Influence of Dietary and Physical Exercise Habits on Melanoma Risk: A Case-Control Study.Nutrients · 2026Article
- The meat processing exposome in Africa: integrating traditional culinary practices, environmental co-exposures, and cancer prevention strategies.Frontiers in oncology · 2026Review
- Linking Processed and Red Meat Consumption to Specific Lung Cancer Subtypes: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis.Current pharmaceutical biotechnology · 2026Article
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- Melanoma and Colorectal Cancer as Second Primary Cancers: A Scoping Review of Their Association and the Underlying Biological, Lifestyle, and Genetic Factors.Journal of gastrointestinal cancer · 2025Article
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- The cure from within? a review of the microbiome and diet in melanoma.Cancer metastasis reviews · 2022Review
- The relationship between processed meat, red meat, and risk of types of cancer: A Mendelian randomization study.Frontiers in nutrition · 2022Article
- Nutritional Interventions for Patients with Melanoma: From Prevention to Therapy-An Update.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundRed and processed meat consumption has been associated with increased risk for several cancers, but the association with cutaneous melanoma risk has been inconclusive.
objectiveTo investigate the association between red and processed meat intake and melanoma risk.
methodsDietary information was assessed by using food frequency questionnaires in 2 prospective cohorts: 75,263 women from the Nurses' Health Study (1984-2010) and 48,523 men from the Health Professionals Follow-up Study (1986-2010). Melanoma cases were confirmed by reviewing pathology records. Pooled multivariable hazard ratios and 95% confidence intervals were estimated by using Cox proportional hazards models.
resultsA total of 679 female and 639 male melanoma cases were documented during follow-up. Red and processed meat intake was inversely associated with melanoma risk (P = .002 for trend); the pooled hazard ratios (95% confidence intervals) of the 2 cohorts were 1.00 (reference), 1.00 (0.87-1.14), 0.98 (0.86-1.13), 0.89 (0.77-1.02), and 0.81 (0.70-0.95) for increasing quintiles of intake. LIMITATIONS: Findings might have limited generalizability, considering that the cohorts were limited to white health professionals.
conclusionRed and processed meat intake was inversely associated with melanoma risk in these 2 cohorts.
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