Flavonoids and bladder cancer risk

• Published in: Cancer causes & control Vol. 30; no. 5; pp. 527 - 535
• Main Authors: Rossi, Marta, Strikoudi, Panagiota, Spei, Maria-Eleni, Parpinel, Maria, Serraino, Diego, Montella, Maurizio, Libra, Massimo, La Vecchia, Carlo, Rosato, Valentina
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cham Springer Science + Business Media 01.05.2019; Springer International Publishing; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Antioxidants; Biomedical and Life Sciences; Biomedicine; Bladder; Bladder cancer; Cancer; Cancer Research; Carcinogens; Data processing; Energy intake; Epidemiology; Flavones; Flavonoids; Flavonols; Food composition; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Hematology; Invasiveness; Isoflavones; Muscles; Oncology; ORIGINAL PAPER; Public Health; Regression analysis; Risk; Smoking; Tobacco; Tobacco smoking; Flavonoids; Case–control study; Bladder cancer; Risk factors

Purpose Flavonoids have drawn attention because of their antioxidant capacity and anti-carcinogenic effect in various types of cancer. A limited number of studies has investigated their potential effect on the risk of bladder cancer, with inconsistent results. Methods We analyzed data from an Italia...