Clustering dietary habits and the risk of breast and ovarian cancers

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 581-590

  Edefonti, Valeria ^a   Randi, G ^a,b   Decarli, A ^a,c   La Vecchia, C ^a,b   Bosetti, C ^b   Franceschi, S ^d   Dal Maso, L ^e   Ferraroni, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^e CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cluster analysis; Clustering; Dietary patterns; Factor analysis; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; OLIVE OIL; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VEGETABLE OIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAD; BREAST CANCER; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY FIBER; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRIENT; OVARY CANCER; PASTA; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; VEGETABLE; VITAMIN INTAKE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61649105032     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdn594     Document Type: Article

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