ArticleEuropean journal of nutrition2020
Post-cancer diagnosis dietary inflammatory potential is associated with survival among women diagnosed with colorectal cancer in the Women's Health Initiative.
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- Dietary inflammatory index and risk of major digestive tract cancers: a GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2026Pooled it
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- Meta-Analysis of the Association between Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) and Colorectal Cancer.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- The Role of Diet in Prognosis among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dietary Patterns and Diet Interventions.Nutrients · 2022Pooled it
- Harnessing Metabolic Insights: A Framework for Dietary Patterns in Chronic Disease Prevention and Management.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2026Review
- Dietary Patterns Influence Chronic Disease Risk and Health Outcomes in Older Adults: A Narrative Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary and lifestyle inflammation scores in relation to colon cancer recurrence in subgroups of patients based on common molecular tumour characteristics.ESMO gastrointestinal oncology · 2025Article
- Effect of Preoperative Inflammatory Diet on Clinical and Oncologic Outcomes Following Colorectal Cancer Surgery.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Integrative Oncology Approaches to Reduce Recurrence of Disease and Improve Survival.Current oncology reports · 2024Review
- Association between the dietary inflammatory index and all-cause mortality in the U.S. cancer survivors: A prospective cohort study using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database.Preventive medicine reports · 2024Article
- The relationship between dietary inflammatory potential and cancer outcomes among cancer survivors: A systematic review and meta-analysis of cohort studies.Translational oncology · 2023Article
- Association between dietary inflammatory potential and mortality after cancer diagnosis in the Women's Health Initiative.British journal of cancer · 2023Article
- Prognostic role of inflammatory diets in colorectal cancer overall and in strata of tumor-infiltrating lymphocyte levels.Clinical and translational medicine · 2022Article
- Pre-Diagnosis Diet and Physical Activity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Mortality among Female Cancer Survivors.Cancers · 2022Article
- Application of metabolomics in clinical and laboratory gastrointestinal oncology.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2021Review
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- Reply to FJB van Duijnhoven et al.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2020Article
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Abstract
purposeDietary factors may influence colorectal cancer (CRC) survival through effects on inflammation. We examined the association between post-CRC diagnosis inflammatory potential of diet and all-cause and cancer-specific mortality in the Women's Health Initiative.
methodsThe study included 463 postmenopausal women who developed CRC during follow-up and completed a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ), on average 1.7 years after diagnosis. Women were followed from CRC diagnosis until death, censoring, or the end of follow-up in October 2014. Energy-adjusted dietary inflammatory index (E-DII)
resultsAfter a median 11.6 years of follow-up, 162 deaths occurred, including 77 from CRC. Lowest tertile (i.e., most anti-inflammatory) E-DII scores from diet plus supplements were associated with significantly lower all-cause mortality (HR
conclusionsConsuming a dietary pattern and supplements with more anti-inflammatory potential after CRC diagnosis may improve overall survival among postmenopausal women.
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