Vegetable and fruit consumption and cancer of unknown primary risk: results from the Netherlands cohort study on diet and cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cancer of Unknown Primary (CUP) is a metastatic cancer for which the primary lesion remains unidentifiable during life and little is also known about the modifiable risk factors that contribute to its development. This study investigates whether vegetables and fruits are associated with CUP risk.

Methods

We used data from the prospective Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer which includes 120,852 participants aged between 55 and 69 years in 1986. All participants completed a self-administered questionnaire on cancer risk factors at baseline. Cancer follow-up was established through record linkage to the Netherlands Cancer Registry and the Dutch Pathology Registry. As a result, 867 incident CUP cases and 4005 subcohort members were available for case-cohort

SUBMITTER: Hermans KEPE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9006455 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature