Cruciferous vegetable consumption and pancreatic cancer: A case-control study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pancreatic cancer is a deadly malignancy with limited screening and few modifiable risk factors. The objective of this study was to investigate the association between a modifiable lifestyle behavior, cruciferous vegetable consumption, and pancreatic cancer, both overall and by subgroups based on non-modifiable, established risk factors.

Methods

We conducted a hospital-based, case-control study utilizing data from the Patient Epidemiology Data System (1982-1998) at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (Buffalo, NY) which included 183 pancreatic cancer patients and 732 cancer-free controls. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire including a 52-item food frequency questionnaire and other epidemiologic data. Multivariable logistic regression,

SUBMITTER: Morrison MEW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8278290 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature