Impact of dietary patterns and the main food groups on mortality and recurrence in cancer survivors: a systematic review of current epidemiological literature.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To determine whether there is an association between dietary patterns/indices and foods from the main food groups (highest vs lowest intakes) prior to or after cancer diagnosis and mortality and cancer recurrence in cancer survivors.

Participants

Survivors of common cancers with a 10-year survival rate of ≥50%: bladder, bowel, breast, cervical, kidney, laryngeal, prostate, testicular, uterine cancer, malignant melanoma and (non-)Hodgkin's lymphoma.

Outcome measures

Mortality (overall, cancer-specific, from other causes) and cancer recurrence.

Information sources

PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane Library were searched from inception to April 2017. Additional studies were identified by searching reference lists. Two authors independently screened titles a

SUBMITTER: Jochems SHJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857700 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature