SynthesisBMC cancer2020
Dietary factors and risk of mortality among patients with esophageal cancer: a systematic review.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Folate and global health umbrella review series, part 2: syntheses on cancers.Journal of global health · 2026Pooled it
- Effect of alcohol consumption on oncological treatment effectiveness and toxicity in patients with cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC cancer · 2025Pooled it
- Vitamins andFrontiers in nutrition · 2021Pooled it
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- Gender, racial, and stage-specific trends in esophageal cancer: Insights from longitudinal population data.World journal of gastrointestinal pathophysiology · 2025Article
- Esophageal and Gastric Cancer Incidence and Mortality Trends in Norway, 1993-2022: A Registry-Based Study.Clinical epidemiology · 2025Article
- Immuno-informatics analyses of important esophageal cancer associated viruses for multi-epitope vaccine design.Frontiers in immunology · 2025Article
- Molecular Targets and Mechanisms of Hedyotis diffusa Willd. for Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Treatment Based on Network Pharmacology and Weighted Gene Co-expression Network Analysis.Current drug targets · 2024Article
- Cardiac Dose Predicts the Response to Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma.Cancers · 2023Article
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- Dietary acid load and esophageal cancer risk: A case-control study.Thoracic cancer · 2022Article
- Dairy Intake and the Risk of Esophageal Cancer: The JACC Study.Journal of epidemiology · 2022Article
- The Relationship between MACC1/c-Met/Cyclin D1 Axis Expression and Prognosis in ESCC.Analytical cellular pathology (Amsterdam) · 2022Article
- Age-Related Sex Disparities in Esophageal Cancer Survival: A Population-Based Study in the United States.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- High-Fructose Diet Alters Intestinal Microbial Profile and Correlates with Early Tumorigenesis in a Mouse Model of Barrett's Esophagus.Microorganisms · 2021Article
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- Methylation of NRN1 is a novel synthetic lethal marker of PI3K-Akt-mTOR and ATR inhibitors in esophageal cancer.Cancer science · 2021Article
- Heterogeneity Analysis of Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma in Cell Lines, Tumor Tissues and Patient-Derived Xenografts.Journal of Cancer · 2021Article
- The Impact of Whole Grain Intake on Gastrointestinal Tumors: A Focus on Colorectal, Gastric, and Esophageal Cancers.Nutrients · 2020Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe effects of dietary factors on prognosis of esophageal cancer remain unclear. This systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to assess the association between dietary intake and the risk of mortality among patients with esophageal cancer.
methodsSix electronic databases (PubMed, Web of Science, OVID, ProQuest, CNKI and Wanfang) were searched for studies published up to Oct. 2019 that examined the association between dietary intake and all-cause mortality, esophageal cancer-specific mortality and esophageal cancer recurrence. The pooled hazard ratio (HR) with 95% confidence interval (CI) were derived by comparing the highest with the lowest categories of each dietary item and by using random effect models.
resultsA total of 15 cohort studies were included in this study and all reported pre-diagnosis dietary exposure; two focused on dietary folate, 12 on alcohol consumption and three on other dietary components (sugary beverages, phytochemicals and preserved vegetables). When comparing the highest with the lowest categories, dietary folate intake was associated with a reduced risk of esophageal cancer-specific mortality in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (HR: 0.41, 95% CI: 0.25-0.69), with low heterogeneity (I
conclusionsThis review with pre-diagnostic dietary exposure showed that dietary folate intake was associated with a reduced risk of mortality of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma, whereas alcohol consumption was associated with an increased risk. More studies are needed to investigate effect of dietary factors, especially post-diagnosis dietary consumption, on esophageal cancer prognosis.
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