Folate intake, post-folic acid grain fortification, and pancreatic cancer risk in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 449-455

  Oaks, Brietta M ^a,c   Dodd, Kevin W ^a   Meinhold, Cari L ^a   Jiao, Li ^a   Church, Timothy R ^b   Stolzenberg Solomon, Rachael Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOLIC ACID; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GRAIN; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PANCREAS CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; FOLIC ACID; FOOD, FORTIFIED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 75649124931     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28433     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Homer MJ, Ries LAG, Krapcho M, et al. SEER cancer statistics review, 1975-2006. National Cancer Institute. Available from: http://seer.cancer.gov/ csr/1975-2006 (cited 10 May 2009).
2. American Cancer Society. Cancer facts & figures 2008. Atlanta, GA: American Cancer Society, 2008.
3. Hart AR, Kennedy H, Harvey I. Pancreatic cancer: a review of the evidence on causation. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2008;6:275-82.
4. Kim YI. Folate and cancer prevention: a new medical application of folate beyond hyperhomocysteinemia and neural tube defects. Nutr Rev 1999;57:314-21.
5. Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Pietinen P, Barrett MJ, Taylor PR, Virtamo J, Albanes D. Dietary and other methyl-group availability factors and pancreatic cancer risk in a cohort of male smokers. Am J Epidemiol 2001;153:680-7.
6. Larsson SC, Hakansson N, Giovannucci E, Wolk A. Folate intake and pancreatic cancer incidence: a prospective study of Swedish women and men. J Natl Cancer Inst 2006;98:407-13.
7. Stolzenberg-Solomon RZ, Albanes D, Nieto FJ, et al. Pancreatic cancer risk and nutrition-related methyl-group availability indicators in male smokers. J Natl Cancer Inst 1999;91:535-41.
8. Skinner HG, Michaud DS, Giovannucci EL, et al. A prospective study of folate intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in men and women. Am J Epidemiol 2004;160:248-58.
9. Schernhammer E, Wolpin B, Rifai N, et al. Plasma folate, vitamin B6, vitamin B12, and homocysteine and pancreatic cancer risk in four large cohorts. Cancer Res 2007;67:5553-60.
10. Kim YI. Will mandatory folic acid fortification prevent or promote cancer? Am J Clin Nutr 2004;80:1123-8.
11. Mason JB, Dickstein A, Jacques PF, et al. A temporal association between folic acid fortification and an increase in colorectal cancer rates may be illuminating important biological principles: a hypothesis. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2007;16:1325-9.
12. Song J, Medline A, Mason JB, Gallinger S, Kim YI. Effects of dietary folate on intestinal tumorigenesis in the apcMin mouse. Cancer Res 2000;60:5434-40.
13. Cole BF, Baron JA, Sandler RS, et al. Folic acid for the prevention of colorectal adenomas. JAMA 2007;297:2351-9.
14. Prorok PC, Andriole GL, Bresalier RS, et al. Design of the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Control Clin Trials 2000;21(suppl):273S-309S.
15. Subar AF, Midthune D, Kulldorff M, et al. Evaluation of alternative approaches to assign nutrient values to food groups in food frequency questionnaires. Am J Epidemiol 2000;152:279-86.
16. Diet history questionnaire. Risk factor monitoring and methods. National Cancer Institute. Version current 04 May 2009. Available from: http://www.riskfactor.cancer.gov/DHQ (cited 10 May 2009).
17. Subar AF, Thompson FE, Smith AF, et al. Improving food frequency questionnaires: a qualitative approach using cognitive interviewing. J Am Diet Assoc 1995;95:781-8.
18. NDSR descriptive overview. University of Minnesota Nutrition Coordinating Center. Version current 09 Mar 2009. Available from: http://www.ncc.umn.edu/ products/ndsr.html (cited 10 May 2009).
19. Willet WC, Howe GR, Kushi LH. Adjustment for total energy intake in epidemiologic studies. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;65(suppl):1220S-8S.
20. Keszei AP, Verhage BA, Heinen MM, Goldbohm RA, van den Brandt PA. Dietary folate and folate vitamers and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the Netherlands cohort study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2009;18:1785-91.