Re: Fats and pancreas cancer

March 9, 2005

Hi All,

I apologize for an error. The Medline citation for the article that

is above is incorrect. The abstract is for the above citation:

" ... a case-control study of 585 histologically confirmed pancreatic

cancer cases and 4,779 population-based controls in 8 Canadian

provinces between 1994 and 1997. ... Three dietary patterns were

identified: Western, characterized by high intake of processed meats,

sweets and desserts, refined grains and potatoes; fruits and

vegetables, characterized by high intake of fresh fruits and

cruciferous vegetables; drinker, characterized by high consumption of

liquor, wine and beer. After adjustment for age, BMI, smoking,

physical activity, province, educational attainment and total energy

intake, the fruits and vegetables pattern was associated with a 49%

reduction in pancreatic risk among men (OR = 0.51, 95% CI 0.29-0.90,

p = 0.004) when comparing the highest and lowest quartiles of dietary

pattern scores. No significant relationship was observed with the

Western and drinker patterns. Although the response rate for

eligible, recruited subjects was relatively low, our results suggest

that the fruits and vegetables dietary pattern reduces pancreatic

cancer risk among men. "

For the post to which this is a response, the citation is, by the

similar authors:

Specific fatty acid intake and the risk of pancreatic cancer in Canada

A Nkondjock, D Krewski, KC , P Ghadirian, and the Canadian

Cancer Registries Epidemiology Research Group

British Journal of Cancer (2005) 92, 971–977

Al Pater

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Hi All,

The conclusion of the pdf-available below

paper may be:

" independently of total energy intake, substituting polyunsaturated

FAs with saturated or monounsaturated FAs may reduce pancreatic

cancer risk, particularly in subjects who are obese. "

Nkondjock A, Krewski D, KC, Ghadirian P.

Dietary patterns and risk of pancreatic cancer.

Int J Cancer. 2005 May 1;114(5):817-23.

PMID: 15609315 [PubMed - in process]

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