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SUBMITTER: Leoncini E
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5552068 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Leoncini Emanuele E Edefonti Valeria V Hashibe Mia M Parpinel Maria M Cadoni Gabriella G Ferraroni Monica M Serraino Diego D Matsuo Keitaro K Olshan Andrew F AF Zevallos Jose P JP Winn Deborah M DM Moysich Kirsten K Zhang Zuo-Feng ZF Morgenstern Hal H Levi Fabio F Kelsey Karl K McClean Michael M Bosetti Cristina C Schantz Stimson S Yu Guo-Pei GP Boffetta Paolo P Lee Yuan-Chin Amy YC Chuang Shu-Chun SC Decarli Adriano A La Vecchia Carlo C Boccia Stefania S
European journal of epidemiology 20150501 4
Food and nutrition play an important role in head and neck cancer (HNC) etiology; however, the role of carotenoids remains largely undefined. We explored the relation of HNC risk with the intake of carotenoids within the International Head and Neck Cancer Epidemiology Consortium. We pooled individual-level data from 10 case-control studies conducted in Europe, North America, and Japan. The analysis included 18,207 subjects (4414 with oral and pharyngeal cancer, 1545 with laryngeal cancer, and 12 ...[more]