Robert Orlowski, Deputy Chair of Lymphoma/Myeloma, Vice Chair of MM Research, and Florence Maude Thomas Cancer Research Professor at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, shared a post on X:
“Myeloma Paper of the Day:
Pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in 9 prospective studies on 3 continents finds vegetarian diets reduced risk of myeloma (HR 0.69, CI 0.51-0.93), but increased risk of squamous cell ca esophagus and colorectal ca.”
Title: Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents
Authors: Yashvee Dunneram, Jia Yi Lee, Cody Watling, Izabella Lawson, Mahboubeh Parsaeian, Gary Fraser, Fayth Butler, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Krithiga Shridhar, Dimple Kondal, Viswanathan Mohan, Mohammed Ali, Venkat Narayan, Nikhil Tandon, Tammy Tong, Ruth Travis, Tina Chiu, Ming-Nan Lin, Chin-Lon Lin, Hsin-Chou Yang, Yu-Jen Liang, Darren Greenwood, Gillian Reeves, Keren Papier, Sarah Floud, Rashmi Sinha, Linda Liao, Erikka Loftfield, Janet Cade, Timothy Key, Aurora Perez-Cornago
You can read the Full Article in British Journal of Cancer.

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