SynthesisNutrients2022
The Role of Diet in Prognosis among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dietary Patterns and Diet Interventions.
Synthesis in Nutrients, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 119 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
119 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Efficacy of Mobile App-Based Dietary Interventions Among Cancer Survivors: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.JMIR mHealth and uHealth · 2025Pooled it
- A meta-analysis of healthy lifestyle interventions addressing quality of life of cancer survivors in the post treatment phase.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2025Pooled it
- Difference in Gastrointestinal Cancer Risk and Mortality by Dietary Pattern Analysis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Nutrition reviews · 2025Pooled it
- The impact of high-quality dietary patterns on the prevention of osteoporosis: a meta-analysis of observational studies.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Pooled it
- Non-gastrointestinal symptom burden following colorectal cancer treatment-a systematic review.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Pooled it
- Mediterranean-style dietary interventions in adults with cancer: a systematic review of the methodological approaches, feasibility, and preliminary efficacy.European journal of clinical nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Dietary Interventions for Cancer Survivors and Their Families or Caregivers.Nutrients · 2023Pooled it
- Pooled it
- Plant-Based Diets and Cancer Prognosis: a Review of Recent Research.Current nutrition reports · 2022Pooled it
- Trial
- Trial
- Integrating psychological and dietary care for patients with advanced gastric cancer undergoing chemotherapy: a randomized controlled trial.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Trial
- Effects of protein-enriched nutritional support on skeletal muscle mass and rehabilitative outcomes in brain tumor patients: a randomized controlled trial.Scientific reports · 2024Trial
- The Effect of Diet on Breast Cancer Recurrence: The DIANA-5 Randomized Trial.Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research · 2024Trial
- Outcomes of a Dietary Intervention to Reduce Bladder Cancer Recurrence and Progression in Survivors of Non-Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer.Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network : JNCCN · 2024Trial
- Meeting lifestyle recommendations among cancer survivors - a cross-sectional descriptive analysis from the Swedish CArdioPulmonary BioImage study (SCAPIS).Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
- Identifying clinical and lifestyle factor mediators of the association between socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer mortality.SSM - population health · 2026Article
- The MASLD-Cardio-Oncology Triangle: Dietary Patterns, Metabolic Remodelling and Implications for Cancer Therapy Tolerance.Nutrients · 2026Review
- Dietary sulfur amino acids enhance anti-tumor immunity in colon cancer via an NKT cell-XCL1-cDC1 circuit.Immunity · 2026Article
- The associations of emotion regulation, self-compassion, and perceived lifestyle discrepancy with breast cancer survivors' healthy lifestyle maintenance.Journal of cancer survivorship : research and practice · 2026Article
59 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
2 authors.
Funding
Abstract
Cancer survival continues to improve in high-income countries, partly explained by advances in screening and treatment. Previous studies have mainly examined the relationship between individual dietary components and cancer prognosis in tumours with good therapeutic response (breast, colon and prostate cancers). The aim of this review is to assess qualitatively (and quantitatively where appropriate) the associations of dietary patterns and cancer prognosis from published prospective cohort studies, as well as the effect of diet interventions by means of randomised controlled trials (RCT). A systematic search was conducted in PubMed, and a total of 35 prospective cohort studies and 14 RCT published between 2011 and 2021 were selected. Better overall diet quality was associated with improved survival among breast and colorectal cancer survivors; adherence to the Mediterranean diet was associated to lower risk of mortality in colorectal and prostate cancer survivors. A meta-analysis using a random-effects model showed that higher versus lower diet quality was associated with a 23% reduction in overall mortality in breast cancer survivors. There was evidence that dietary interventions, generally combined with physical activity, improved overall quality of life, though most studies were in breast cancer survivors. Further cohort and intervention studies in other cancers are needed to make more specific recommendations.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.