Ultra-processed foods and colorectal neoplasia: is there a link?

Affiliations

¹ School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer- World Health Organization, Lyon, France.

Editorial

Amanda J Cross et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023.

. 2023 Feb 8;115(2):117-119.

doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac222.

¹ School of Public Health and the Department of Surgery & Cancer, Imperial College London, London, UK.
² Nutrition and Metabolism Branch, International Agency for Research on Cancer- World Health Organization, Lyon, France.

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Ultra-processed food consumption and risk of colorectal cancer precursors: results from 3 prospective cohorts.
Hang D, Wang L, Fang Z, Du M, Wang K, He X, Khandpur N, Rossato SL, Wu K, Hu Z, Shen H, Ogino S, Chan AT, Giovannucci EL, Zhang FF, Song M. Hang D, et al. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023 Feb 8;115(2):155-164. doi: 10.1093/jnci/djac221. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2023. PMID: 36477589 Free PMC article.

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