Association of meat consumption with the risk of gastrointestinal cancers: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The association between gastrointestinal cancer and types of meat consumption, including red meat, processed meat, or a combination of both, remains disputable. Therefore, we performed a systematic review and meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies to estimate the association between meat consumption and gastrointestinal cancer risk.

Methods

PubMed, EmBase, and the Cochrane library databases were searched systematically for eligible studies that investigated the relation between meat consumption and the risk of developing gastrointestinal cancers, including esophageal cancer (EC), gastric cancer (GC), colorectal cancer (CRC), colon cancer (CC), rectal cancer (RC), pancreatic cancer (PC), and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) throughout February, 2023. The pooled

SUBMITTER: Di Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10463360 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature