Mediterranean diet and cancer: epidemiological evidence and mechanism of selected aspects

G Grosso, S Buscemi, F Galvano, A Mistretta… - BMC surgery, 2013 - Springer
Background Populations living in the area of the Mediterranean Sea suffered by decreased
incidence of cancer compared with those living in the regions of northern Europe and US …

Does a Mediterranean-type diet reduce cancer risk?

L Schwingshackl, G Hoffmann - Current nutrition reports, 2016 - Springer
Overall cancer incidence has been observed to be lower in Mediterranean countries
compared to that in Northern countries, such as the UK, and the USA. There is increasing …

The mediterranean diet in cancer prevention: a review

N Kontou, T Psaltopoulou, D Panagiotakos… - Journal of medicinal …, 2011 - liebertpub.com
The Mediterranean dietary pattern has a well-established beneficial role in health
promotion. Epidemiologic studies reveal the protective role of adherence to this pattern on …

Mediterranean Diet and cancer risk: an open issue

A D'Alessandro, G De Pergola… - International Journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract The traditional Mediterranean Diet of the early 1960s meets the characteristics of an
anticancer diet defined by the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer …

Association between the Mediterranean diet and cancer risk: a review of observational studies

L Verberne, A Bach-Faig, G Buckland… - Nutrition and …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The aim of this article was to summarize the evidence concerning the association between
Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in observational epidemiological studies. All …

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of cancer: an updated systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies

L Schwingshackl, G Hoffmann - Cancer medicine, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of the present systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies was to
gain further insight into the effects of adherence to Mediterranean Diet (MD) on overall …

Impact of Mediterranean diet on cancer: Focused literature review

Y Barak, D Fridman - Cancer genomics & proteomics, 2017 - cgp.iiarjournals.org
Background: Cancer is a major public health problem worldwide, and the number of incident
cases increases every year expected to reach 17.1 million a year by 2020. There is …

Mediterranean dietary pattern and cancer risk in the EPIC cohort

E Couto, P Boffetta, P Lagiou, P Ferrari… - British journal of …, 2011 - nature.com
Background: Although several studies have investigated the association of the
Mediterranean diet with overall mortality or risk of specific cancers, data on overall cancer …

Cancer and Mediterranean dietary traditions

A Trichopoulou, P Lagiou, H Kuper… - … Biomarkers & Prevention, 2000 - AACR
The incidence of cancer overall in Mediterranean countries is lower than in Scandinavian
countries, the United Kingdom, and the United States. This is mostly accounted for by the …

Adherence to Mediterranean diet and risk of cancer: a systematic review and meta‐analysis of observational studies

L Schwingshackl, G Hoffmann - International journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this research study was to meta‐analyze the effects of adherence to
Mediterranean diet (MD) on overall cancer risk, and different cancer types. Literature search …