Adherence to World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research recommendations and pancreatic cancer risk.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic cancer is a leading cause of cancer death. A role of dietary factors in pancreatic carcinogenesis has been suggested. The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) and the American Institute for Cancer Research (AICR) published 8 recommendations for cancer prevention. We evaluated the effect of adherence to the WCRF/AICR recommendations on pancreatic cancer risk.

Methods

We operationalized 7 of the 8 WCRF/AICR recommendations to generate a WCRF/AICR score. We examined the association of WCRF/AICR score with pancreatic cancer in data from an Italian case-control study of 326 incident cases and 652 controls.

Results

Adherence to WCRF/AICR recommendations was associated with a significantly decreased risk of pancreatic cancer. Using a WCRF/AICR score <3.5 a

SUBMITTER: Lucas AL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5494828 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature