Sugars may boost risk of certain cancers
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Nataša Tasevska of the National Cancer Institute and colleagues published a study in the June 2011 issue of the International Journal of Cancer suggesting that added sugars in a man's diet may boost risk of certain cancers.
Tasevska et al. analyzed dietary data collected from 435,674 participants aged 50 to 71 in the NIH-AARP Diet and Health Study which lasted 7.2 years. Intake of sugar was assessed using a 124-item food frequency questionnaire. During the follow-up, 29,099 men and 13,355 women were diagnosed with cancer.
The researchers found added sugars were positively correlated with risk of esophageal adenocarcinoma and added fructose was linked with increased risk of small intestine cancer. All investigated sugars including total sugars, sucrose, fructose, added sugars, added sucrose, and added fructose were associated with elevated risk of pleural (lung) cancer.
However, in women, all studied sugars were inversely associated with ovarian cancer. There was also no association found between dietary sugar and risk of colorectal or other major cancer.
David Liu and editing by Denise Reynolds
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