Web Focus on Lifestyle
Lifestyle is now known to contribute significantly to global cancer burdens. We highlight here some recent studies and meta-analyses that identify various factors associated with risk of developing cancer.
Both prevention and increased risk have been variously associated with fruit and vegetable or whole grain product intake, meat consumption, and alcohol, and these, along with inadequate physical exercise and obesity are discussed in these papers.
Alcohol intake and mortality among women with invasive breast cancer Open
H R Harris, L Bergkvist and A Wolk
Br J Cancer 106: 592-595; advance online publication, January 3, 2012; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.561
Dietary fat intake and risk of ovarian cancer in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study Open
M M Blank, N Wentzensen, M A Murphy, A Hollenbeck and Y Park
Br J Cancer 106: 596-602; advance online publication, January 5, 2012; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.572
Meat consumption and the risk of incident distal colon and rectal adenoma Open
L M Ferrucci, R Sinha, W-Y Huang, S I Berndt, H A Katki, R E Schoen, R B Hayes and A J Cross
Br J Cancer 106: 608-616; advance online publication, December 13, 2011; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.549
Alcohol intake and renal cell cancer risk: a meta-analysis Open
D Y Song, S Song, Y Song and J E Lee
Br J Cancer 106: 1881-1890; advance online publication, April 19, 2012; doi:10.1038/bjc.2012.136
Dietary intake of meat, fruits, vegetables, and selective micronutrients and risk of bladder cancer in the New England region of the United States Open
J W Wu, A J Cross, D Baris, M H Ward, M R Karagas, A Johnson, M Schwenn, S Cherala, J S Colt, K P Cantor, N Rothman, D T Silverman and R Sinha
Br J Cancer 106: 1891-1898; advance online publication, May 8, 2012; doi:10.1038/bjc.2012.187
Bisphosphonates for osteoporosis treatment are associated with reduced breast cancer risk Open
P A Newcomb, A Trentham-Dietz and J M Hampton
Br J Cancer 102: 799-802; advance online publication, February 16, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605555
Fruit and vegetables and cancer risk Open
T J Key
Br J Cancer 104: 6-11; advance online publication, November 30, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6606032
Physical activity and risk of colon adenoma: a meta-analysis Open
K Y Wolin, Y Yan and G A Colditz
Br J Cancer 104: 882-885; advance online publication, February 8, 2011; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6606045
Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort Open
E Couto, P Boffetta, P Lagiou, P Ferrari, G Buckland, K Overvad, C C Dahm, A Tjønneland, A Olsen, F Clavel-Chapelon, M-C Boutron-Ruault, V Cottet, D Trichopoulos, A Naska, V Benetou, R Kaaks, S Rohrmann, H Boeing, A von Ruesten, S Panico, V Pala, P Vineis, D Palli, R Tumino, A May, P H Peeters, H B Bueno-de-Mesquita, F L Büchner, E Lund, G Skeie, D Engeset, C A Gonzalez, C Navarro, L Rodríguez, M-J Sánchez, P Amiano, A Barricarte, G Hallmans, I Johansson, J Manjer, E Wirfärt, N E Allen, F Crowe, K-T Khaw, N Wareham, A Moskal, N Slimani, M Jenab, D Romaguera, T Mouw, T Norat, E Riboli and A Trichopoulou
Br J Cancer 104: 1493-1499; advance online publication, April 5, 2011; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.106
Sex-specific exposure prevalence of established risk factors for oesophageal adenocarcinoma Open
M Rutegård, H Nordenstedt, Y Lu, J Lagergren and P Lagergren
Br J Cancer 103: 735-740; advance online publication, August 10, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605804
Prevalence, risk factors and clinical implications of malnutrition in French Comprehensive Cancer Centres Open
M Pressoir, S Desné, D Berchery, G Rossignol, B Poiree, M Meslier, S Traversier, M Vittot, M Simon, J P Gekiere, J Meuric, F Serot, M N Falewee, I Rodrigues, P Senesse, M P Vasson, F Chelle, B Maget, S Antoun and P Bachmann
Br J Cancer 102: 966-971; advance online publication, February 16, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605578
Salt intake and gastric cancer risk according to Helicobacter pylori infection, smoking, tumour site and histological type Open
B Peleteiro, C Lopes, C Figueiredo and N Lunet
Br J Cancer 104: 198-207; advance online publication, November 16, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605993
Smoking cessation and lung cancer risk in an Asian population: Findings from the Singapore Chinese Health Study Open
K-Y Wong, A Seow, W-P Koh, A Shankar, H-P Lee and M C Yu
Br J Cancer 103: 1093-1096; advance online publication, September 14, 2010; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6605782
Smoking as an independent risk factor for hepatocellular carcinoma: the Singapore Chinese Health Study Open
W-P Koh, K Robien, R Wang, S Govindarajan, J-M Yuan and M C Yu
Br J Cancer 105: 1430-1435; advance online publication, September 13, 2011; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.360
Physical activity and breast cancer risk in Chinese women Open
A Pronk, B-T Ji, X-O Shu, W-H Chow, S Xue, G Yang, H-L Li, N Rothman, Y-T Gao, W Zheng and C E Matthews
Br J Cancer 105: 1443-1450; advance online publication, September 20, 2011; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.370
Association of obesity with prostate cancer: a case-control study within the population-based PSA testing phase of the ProtecT study Open
P Dimitropoulou, R M Martin, E L Turner, J A Lane, R Gilbert, M Davis, J L Donovan, F C Hamdy and D E Neal
Br J Cancer 104: 875-881; advance online publication, January 25, 2011; doi:10.1038/sj.bjc.6606066
Anthropometric measures at different ages and endometrial cancer risk Open
L Dal Maso, A Tavani, A Zucchetto, M Montella, M Ferraroni, E Negri, J Polesel, A Decarli, R Talamini, C La Vecchia and S Franceschi
Br J Cancer 104: 1207-1213; advance online publication, March 8, 2011; doi:10.1038/bjc.2011.63
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