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Annals of Oncology 2008 19(10):1665-1667; doi:10.1093/annonc/mdn561
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© The Author 2008. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Society for Medical Oncology. All rights reserved. For permissions, please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

editorial

Diet, nutrition and cancer: public, media and scientific confusion

P. Boyle*, P. Boffetta and P. Autier

Department of Epidemiology, International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon, France

* (E-mail: director@iarc.fr)

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Ten years ago, steps to prevent cancer were known. Intake of vegetables and fruits was clearly associated with reduced cancer risk, antioxidants were a crucial ingredient in lowering cancer risk and overweight and obesity was the most important risk factor for cancer in nonsmokers. What were clear messages then have been confused by subsequent findings and media reports. It is useful to stop and take stock of the current situation.

The World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF) launched a second substantial compendium on ‘Food, Nutrition, Physical Activity, and the Prevention of Cancer: a Global perspective’ [1]. According to the accompanying press release [2], the Report ‘includes 10 recommendations ... that represent the most definitive and authoritative advice that has ever been available on how the general public can prevent cancer’. The words ‘tobacco’ or ‘smoking’ are not mentioned once in the press release.

In presenting its summary . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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