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Chocolate Candy and Incident Invasive Cancer Risk in the Women's Health Initiative: An Observational Prospective Analysis
Women who enjoy eating chocolate candies may be prone to having colorectal cancer.
This study analyzed the link between fondness for chocolate candy and cancer risk in women. Researchers studied the chocolate candy consumption habits and cancer diagnosis rates among 161,808 postmenopausal women for a duration of 14.8 years.
Researchers found out that the risk of colorectal cancer rose by 18% among women who ate chocolate candy at least 1.5 times per week. The results of this study showed that greater intake of chocolate candy may facilitate the development of colorectal cancer in women.
Research Summary Information
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2021
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James A Greenberg, Marian L Neuhouser, Lesley F Tinker, Dorothy S Lane, Electra D Paskett, Linda V Van Horn, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, James M Shikany, Lihong Qi, Shawnita Sealy-Jefferson, JoAnn E Manson
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Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, Brooklyn, NY. Electronic address: jamesg@brooklyn.cuny.edu. Cancer Prevention Program, Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Department of Family, Population and Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY. Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine; Comprehensive Cancer Center, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL. Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY. Division of Preventive Medicine, School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL. Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California. Division of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA.
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