Processed meat consumption and risk of cancer – Science

PHOTO: The PCRM has put up a billboard off the Eisenhower Expressway warning  Chicagoans that eating hot dogs can damage their health. A hot dog station is seen in this file photo.

“Processed meat consumption and risk of cancer: a multisite case-control study in Uruguay… The role of processed meat in the aetiology of several cancers was explored in detail… It could be concluded that processed meat intake could be a powerful multiorgan carcinogen.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23011480

“Study Links Meat Consumption to Gastric Cancer” – National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/causes/stomach/meatconsumption 

“Eating processed meat causes cancer, say scientists… According to the World Cancer Research Fund, people should ideally eat no processed meat at all in order to minimise their cancer risk.” http://esciencenews.com/sources/the.guardian.science/2009/06/15/eating.processed.meat.causes.cancer.say.scientists

“Processed meat and colorectal cancer: a review of epidemiologic and experimental evidence… Processed meat intake may be involved in the etiology of colorectal cancer… red meat can promote carcinogenesis…” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2661797/

“Red and Processed Meat and Colorectal Cancer Incidence: Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies… Conclusions: High intake of red and processed meat is associated with significant increased risk of colorectal, colon and rectal cancers. The overall evidence of prospective studies supports limiting red and processed meat consumption as one of the dietary recommendations for the prevention of colorectal cancer.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3108955/ 

 “Associations between red meat and risks for colon and rectal cancer depend on the type of red meat consumed… Cancer prevention guidelines recommend limiting intake of red meat and avoiding processed meat…  This study suggests that the risks for colon cancer and potentially for rectal cancer differ according to the specific red meat subtype consumed.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23427329

“Red meat consumption and cancer: reasons to suspect involvement of bovine infectious factors in colorectal cancer… An increased risk for colorectal cancer has been consistently reported for long-time consumption of cooked and processed red meat.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22212999

“Red meat and colorectal cancer: a critical summary of prospective epidemiologic studies.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20663065

“Red meat and colon cancer: should we become vegetarians, or can we make meat safer? … meta-analyses show that high consumers of cured meats and red meat are at increased risk of colorectal cancer.”   http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21558046

“Red meat and poultry, cooking practices, genetic susceptibility and risk of prostate cancer: results from a multiethnic case-control study… Red meat, processed and unprocessed, has been considered a potential prostate cancer (PCA) risk factor… Our results support a role for carcinogens that accumulate in meats cooked at high temperatures as potential PCA risk factors…” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22822096

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“Heme iron from meat and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis and a review of the mechanisms involved… Red meat and processed meat intake is associated with a risk of colorectal cancer, a major cause of death in affluent countries. Epidemiological and experimental evidence supports the hypothesis that heme iron present in meat promotes colorectal cancer.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21209396

“Meat Intake and Risk of Stomach and Esophageal Adenocarcinoma Within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)… We examined the risks of gastric cancer and esophageal adenocarcinoma associated with meat consumption… Conclusion: Total, red, and processed meat intakes were associated with an increased risk of gastric noncardia cancer… Meat consumption is a dietary factor that has been linked to several cancers…” http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/98/5/345.long

 “Egg, red meat, and poultry intake and risk of lethal prostate cancer in the prostate specific antigen-era: incidence and survival… Red and processed meat may increase risk of advanced prostate cancer… consumption of eggs may increase risk of developing a lethal-form of prostate cancer among healthy men.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3232297/

“Higher red meat consumption is associated with increased risk of all-cause, cardiovascular, and cancer mortality.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22798557

 “Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer….prolonged high consumption of red and processed meat may increase the risk of cancer in the distal portion of the large intestine.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15644544

“Meat, fish, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into cancer and nutrition… Current evidence suggests that high red meat intake is associated with increased colorectal cancer risk. High fish intake may be associated with a decreased risk… Our data confirm that colorectal cancer risk is positively associated with high consumption of red and processed meat and support an inverse association with fish intake.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1913932/

“Meat consumption, Cooking Practices, Meat Mutagens and Risk of Prostate Cancer… Consumption of red meat, particularly well done meat, has been associated with increased prostate cancer risk… These findings provide further evidence that consumption of processed meat and red meat cooked at high temperature is associated with increased risk of advanced, but not localized prostate cancer.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3516139/

“Meat consumption and mortality – results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition… The results of our analysis support a moderate positive association between processed meat consumption and mortality, in particular due to cardiovascular diseases, but also to cancer.” http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599112/

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