Dietary fiber intake and pancreatic cancer risk: a meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 5; no. 1; p. 10834
• Main Authors: Wang, Chun-Hui, Qiao, Chong, Wang, Ruo-Chen, Zhou, Wen-Ping
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 02.06.2015; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 692/499; 692/699/1503/1504/1713; Case studies; Dietary Fiber; Dietary intake; Health risk assessment; Health risks; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Meta-analysis; multidisciplinary; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic Neoplasms - epidemiology; Pancreatic Neoplasms - etiology; Risk; Science; Studies

Evidence on the association between dietary fiber intake and pancreatic cancer risk has been controversial. Therefore, we carried out this meta-analysis to summarize available evidence from epidemiologic studies on this point. Relevant studies were identified by searching PubMed, Embase and Web of S...