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Dairy product consumption and development of cancer: an overview of reviews.
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19 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Yoghurt Intake and Gastric Cancer: A Pooled Analysis of 16 Studies of the StoP Consortium.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- The role of diet in renal cell carcinoma incidence: an umbrella review of meta-analyses of observational studies.BMC medicine · 2022Pooled it
- Association between dietary intake and risk of ovarian cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.European journal of nutrition · 2021Pooled it
- Plant-Based Drinks as an Alternative to Cow's Milk in Early Life: Health Effects in Infancy, Childhood, and Adolescence.Deutsches Arzteblatt international · 2026Review
- Dairy products consumption linked to decreased risk of endometrial cancer: A case-control study.Scientific reports · 2025Article
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- VARIATIONS IN DIETARY HABITS DURING CANCER TREATMENT: RESULTS OF A CROSS-SECTIONAL SURVEY.Acta clinica Croatica · 2024Article
- Milk and dairy products - a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023.Food & nutrition research · 2024Article
- A review of fermented milks: potential beneficial effects on human nutrition and health.African health sciences · 2023Review
- Innovative Processing Technologies to Develop a New Segment of Functional Citrus-Based Beverages: Current and Future Trends.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Dairy Intake and the Risk of Esophageal Cancer: The JACC Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- Dairy consumption and risks of total and site-specific cancers in Chinese adults: an 11-year prospective study of 0.5 million people.BMC medicine · 2022Article
- Association of dairy intake with all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality in Japanese adults: a 25-year population-based cohort.European journal of nutrition · 2022Article
- Hereditary, environmental, and dietary risk factors of colorectal cancer: a case-control study in the Algerian East.Environmental science and pollution research international · 2021Article
- Ethnopharmacological study of herbal remedies used for the management of thyroid disorders in Algeria.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2021Article
- Ethnopharmacological study of natural products used for traditional cancer therapy in Algeria.Saudi pharmaceutical journal : SPJ : the official publication of the Saudi Pharmaceutical Society · 2020Article
- Pancreatic Cancer (PDAC): Introduction of Evidence-Based Complementary Measures into Integrative Clinical Management.Cancers · 2020Review
- Dietary Fat and Cancer-Which Is Good, Which Is Bad, and the Body of Evidence.International journal of molecular sciences · 2020Review
- Routine disaccharidase testing: are we there yet?Current opinion in gastroenterology · 2020Review
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Abstract
objectivesTo provide a comprehensive systematic overview of current evidence from pooled analyses/meta-analyses and systematic reviews (PMASRs) pertaining to dairy consumption and incident cancer and/or all-cause or cancer-specific mortality.
designOverview of reviews.
settingCommunity setting.
participantsThe unit of analysis is PMASRs. A total of 42 PMASRs was included in this overview of reviews. INTERVENTIONS/EXPOSURES: Any dairy product consumption (eg, milk, yogurt, etc). PRIMARY AND SECONDARY OUTCOMES MEASURES: Primary outcome measure is development of any type of cancer. Secondary outcome measures are all-cause mortality and cancer-specific mortality.
resultsFrom 9693 citations identified, we included 42 PMASRs (52 study reports) published between 1991 and 2017. Thirty-one (74%) of these was pooled analyses/meta analyses, and only 11 (26%) were systematic reviews and meta-analyses. There was a wide variability in the type of study designs included within the other PMASRs, thus contributing to variable and, in instances, divergent estimates of cancer risk for several cancer subtypes. For example, only one systematic review and meta-analysis exclusively included prospective study designs. Most PMASRs were of low to moderate quality based on the Assessing the Methodological Quality of Systematic Reviews (AMSTAR) scores. The median AMSTAR score was 5 (IQR 2-7). Our overview identified conflicting evidence from PMASRs on association between dairy consumption and incident cancers or mortality. Heterogeneity in summary estimates reflected the inclusion of variable study designs and overall low methodological quality of individual PMASRs.
conclusionsThe association between dairy consumption and cancer risk has been explored in PMASRs with a variety of study designs and of low to moderate quality. To fully characterise valid associations between dairy consumption and risk of cancer and/or mortality rigorously conducted, PMASRs including only high-quality prospective study designs are required. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42017078463.
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