• Adipokines and inflammation markers and risk of differentiated thyroid carcinoma: The EPIC study 

      Dossus, Laure; Franceschi, Silvia; Biessy, Carine; Navionis, Anne-Sophie; Travis, Ruth C.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Scalbert, Augustin; Romieu, Isabelle; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Overvad, Kim; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Bonnet, Fabrice; Fournier, Agnès; Fortner, Renée Turzanski; Kaaks, Rudolf; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Trichopoulou, Antonia; La Vecchia, Carlo; Peppa, Eleni; Tumino, Rosario; Panico, Salavatore; Palli, Domenico; Agnoli, Claudia; Vineis, Paolo; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, Petra H.; Skeie, Guri; Zamora-Ros, Raul; Chirlaque, María-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Quirós, Jose Ramón; Dorronsoro, Miren; Sandström, Maria; Nilsson, Lena Maria; Schmidt, Julie A.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Aune, Dagfinn; Riboli, Elio; Rinaldi, Sabina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-11-23)
      Other than the influence of ionizing radiation and benign thyroid disease, little is known about the risk factors for differentiated thyroid cancer (TC) which is an increasing common cancer worldwide. Consistent evidence shows that body mass is positively associated with TC risk. As excess weight is a state of chronic inflammation, we investigated the relationship between concentrations of leptin, ...
    • Association between physical activity and risk of hepatobiliary cancers: A multinational cohort study 

      Baumeister, Sebastian E.; Schlesinger, Sabrina; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Jochem, Carmen; Jenab, Mazda; Gunter, Marc J.; Overvad, Kim; Tjønneland, Anne; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Carbonnel, Franck; Fournier, Agnès; Kühn, Tilman; Kaaks, Rudolf; Pischon, Tobias; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bamia, Christina; La Vecchia, Carlo; Masala, Giovanna; Panico, Salvatore; Fasanelli, Francesca; Tumino, Rosario; Grioni, Sara; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Vermeulen, Roel; May, Anne M.; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Oyeyemi, Sunday Oluwafemi; Ardanaz, Eva; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Chirlaque López, María Dolores; Felez-Nobrega, Mireia; Sonestedt, Emily; Ohlsson, Bodil; Hemmingsson, Oskar; Werner, Mårten; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Ferrari, Pietro; Stepien, Magdalena; Freisling, Heinz; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Ward, Heather; Riboli, Elio; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Leitzmann, Michael F. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-22)
      <i>Background & Aims</i> - To date, evidence on the association between physical activity and risk of hepatobiliary cancers has been inconclusive. We examined this association in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort (EPIC).<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - We identified 275 hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) cases, 93 intrahepatic bile duct cancers (IHBCs), and 164 non-gallbladder ...
    • Association between soft drink consumption and mortality in 10 European countries 

      Mullee, Amy; Romaguera, Dora; Pearson-Stuttard, Jonathan; Viallon, Vivian; Stepien, Magdalena; Freisling, Heinz; Fagherazzi, Guy; Mancini, Francesca Romana; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Kühn, Tilman; Kaaks, Rudolf; Boeing, Heiner; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Tjønneland, Anne; Halkjær, Jytte; Overvad, Kim; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Skeie, Guri; Parr, Christine Louise; Quirós, José Ramón; Agudo, Antonio; Sánchez, María-José; Amiano, Pilar; Cirera, Lluis; Ardanaz, Eva; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Tong, Tammy Y.N.; Schmidt, Julie A.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Martimianaki, Georgia; Karakatsani, Anna; Palli, Domenico; Agnoli, Claudia; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Panico, Salvatore; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Verschuren, W.M. Monique; Boer, Jolanda M.A.; Vermeulen, Roel; Ramne, Stina; Sonestedt, Emily; Van Guelpen, Bethany; Holgersson, Pernilla Lif; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Heath, Alicia K.; Muller, David; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J.; Murphy, Neil (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-03)
      <i>Importance</i> - Soft drinks are frequently consumed, but whether this consumption is associated with mortality risk is unknown and has been understudied in European populations to date.<p><p> <i>Objective</i> - To examine the association between total, sugar-sweetened, and artificially sweetened soft drink consumption and subsequent total and cause-specific mortality.<p><p> <i>Design, ...
    • Coffee and tea consumption and the contribution of their added ingredients to total energy and nutrient intakes in 10 European countries: Benchmark data from the late 1990s 

      Landais, Edwige; Moskal, Aurélie; Mullee, Amy; Nicolas, Geneviève; Gunter, Marc J.; Huybrechts, Inge; Overvad, Kim; Roswall, Nina; Affret, Aurélie; Fagherazzi, Guy; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Katzke, Verena; Kühn, Tilman; la Vecchia, Carlo; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Valanou, Elissavet; Saieva, Calogero; de Magistris, Maria Santucci; Sieri, Sabina; Braaten, Tonje; Skeie, Guri; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Ardanaz, Eva; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; García, José Ramon; Jakszyn, Paula; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Brunkwall, Louise; Huseinovic, Ena; Nilsson, Lena; Wallström, Peter; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, Petra H.; Aune, Dagfinn; Key, Tim; Lentjes, Marleen; Riboli, Elio; Slimani, Nadia; Freisling, Heinz (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-05)
      Background: <br>Coffee and tea are among the most commonly consumed nonalcoholic beverages worldwide, but methodological differences in assessing intake often hamper comparisons across populations. We aimed to (i) describe coffee and tea intakes and (ii) assess their contribution to intakes of selected nutrients in adults across 10 European countries. <br>Method: <br>Between 1995 and 2000, ...
    • Development and validation of a lifestyle-based model for colorectal cancer risk prediction: the LiFeCRC score 

      Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Reichmann, Robin; Kaaks, Rudolf; Jenab, Mazda; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Dahm, Christina C.; Eriksen, Anne Kirstine; Tjønneland, Anne; Artaud, Fanny; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Hüsing, Anika; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Karakatsani, Anna; Peppa, Eleni; Panico, Salvatore; Grioni, Sara; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Tumino, Rosario; Elias, Sjoerd G.; May, Anne M.; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Skeie, Guri; Sánchez, Maria-Jose; Huerta, José María; Sala, Núria; Gurrea, Aurelio Barricarte; Amiano, Pilar; Drake, Isabel; van Guelpen, Bethany; Key, Tim; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Aglago, Elom K.; Cross, Amanda J.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-01-04)
      <b>Background</b> Nutrition and lifestyle have been long established as risk factors for colorectal cancer (CRC). Modifiable lifestyle behaviours bear potential to minimize long-term CRC risk; however, translation of lifestyle information into individualized CRC risk assessment has not been implemented. Lifestyle-based risk models may aid the identification of high-risk individuals, guide referral ...
    • Dietary folate intake and pancreatic cancer risk: Results from the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition 

      Park, Jin Young; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Ferrari, Pietro; Weiderpass, Elisabete; de Batlle, Jordi; Tjønneland, Anne; Kyrø, Cecilie; Rebours, Vinciane; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Mancini, Francesca Romana; Katzke, Verena; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; La Vecchia, Carlo; Kritikou, Maria; Masala, Giovanna; Pala, Valeria; Tumino, Rosario; Panico, Salvatore; Peeters, Petra H.; Skeie, Guri; Merino, Susana; Duell, Eric J.; Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel; Dorronsoro, Miren; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Gylling, Björn; Schneede, Jørn; Ericson, Ulrika; Sternby, Hanna; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Huybrechts, Inge; Aune, Dagfinn; Vineis, Paolo; Slimani, Nadia (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-09-04)
      Pancreatic cancer (PC) has an exceptionally low survival rate and primary prevention strategies are limited. Folate plays an important role in one‐carbon metabolism and has been associated with the risk of several cancers, but not consistently with PC risk. We aimed to investigate the association between dietary folate intake and PC risk, using the standardised folate database across 10 European ...
    • Exogenous hormone use and cutaneous melanoma risk in women: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition 

      Cervenka, Iris; Al Rahmoun, Marie; Mahamat-Saleh, Yahya; Fournier, Agnès; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Severi, Gianluca; Caini, Saverio; Palli, Domenico; Ghiasvand, Reza; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Botteri, Edoardo; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Fortner, Renée T.; Kaaks, Rudolf; Schulze, Matthias B.; Panico, Salvatore; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Dessinioti, Clio; Niforou, Katerina; Sieri, Sabina; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra; Sánchez, María-José; Gil Majuelo, Leire; Lujan-Barroso, Leila; Ardanaz, Eva; Merino, Susana; Isaksson, Karolin; Butt, Salma; Ljuslinder, Ingrid; Jansson, Malin; Travis, Ruth C.; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Dossus, Laure; Rinaldi, Sabina; Kvaskoff, Marina (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-10)
      Evidence suggests an influence of sex hormones on cutaneous melanoma risk, but epidemiologic findings are conflicting. We examined the associations between use of oral contraceptives (OCs) and menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) and melanoma risk in women participating in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC). EPIC is a prospective cohort study initiated in 1992 in 10 ...
    • Healthy lifestyle and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the EPIC study 

      Naudin, Sabine; Viallon, Vivian; Hashim, Dana; Freisling, Heinz; Jenab, Mazda; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Perrier, Flavie; McKenzie, Fiona; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Olsen, Anja; Tjønneland, Anne; Dahm, Christina C.; Overvad, Kim; Mancini, Francesca R.; Rebours, Vinciane; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Katzke, Verena; Kaaks, Rudolf; Bergmann, Manuela; Boeing, Heiner; Peppa, Eleni; Karakatsani, Anna; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Pala, Valeria; Masala, Giovana; Panico, Salvatore; Tumino, Rosario; Sacerdote, Carlotta; May, Anne M.; van Gils, Carla H.; Rylander, Charlotta; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Chirlaque López, María Dolores; Sánchez, Mariá-José; Ardanaz, Eva; Quirós, José Ramón; Amiano Exezarreta, Pilar; Sund, Malin; Drake, Isabel; Regnér, Sara; Travis, Ruth C.; Wareham, Nick; Aune, Dagfinn; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J.; Duell, Eric J.; Brennan, Paul; Ferrari, Pietro (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-09-28)
      Pancreatic cancer (PC) is a highly fatal cancer with currently limited opportunities for early detection and effective treatment. Modifiable factors may offer pathways for primary prevention. In this study, the association between the Healthy Lifestyle Index (HLI) and PC risk was examined. Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition cohort, 1113 incident PC (57% women) ...
    • Heterogeneity of colorectal cancer risk factors by anatomical subsite in 10 European countries: A multinational cohort study 

      Murphy, Neil; Ward, Heather A.; Jenab, Mazda; Rothwell, Joseph A.; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Carbonnel, Franck; Kvaskoff, Marina; Kaaks, Rudolf; Kühn, Tilman; Boeing, Heiner; Aleksandrova, Krasimira; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Skeie, Guri; Borch, Kristin Benjaminsen; Tjønneland, Anne; Kyrø, Cecilie; Overvad, Kim; Dahm, Christina C.; Jakszyn, Paula; Sánchez, María-José; Gil, Leire; Huerta, José María; Barricarte, Aurelio; Quirós, José Ramón; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick; Bradbury, Kathryn E.; Trichopoulou, Antonia; La Vecchia, Carlo; Karakatsani, Anna; Palli, Domenico; Grioni, Sara; Tumino, Rosario; Fasanelli, Francesca; Panico, Salvatore; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Peeters, Petra H.M.; Gylling, Björn; Myte, Robin; Jirström, Karin; Berntsson, Jonna; Xue, Xiaonan; Riboli, Elio; Cross, Amanda J.; Gunter, Mark J. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-07-26)
      <i>Background & Aims</i> - Colorectal cancer located at different anatomical subsites may have distinct etiologies and risk factors. Previous studies that have examined this hypothesis have yielded inconsistent results, possibly because most studies have been of insufficient size to identify heterogeneous associations with precision.<p><p> <i>Methods</i> - In the European Prospective Investigation ...
    • An inverse association between the Mediterranean diet and bladder cancer risk: a pooled analysis of 13 cohort studies 

      Witlox, Willem J.A.; van Osch, Frits H.M.; Brinkman, Maree; Jochems, Sylvia; Goossens, Maria E.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; White, Emily; van den Brandt, Piet A.; Giles, Graham G.; Milne, Roger L.; Huybrechts, Inge; Adami, Hans Olov; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Wesselius, Anke; Zeegers, Maurice P. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-02-08)
      <i>Purpose</i> - The role of diet in bladder carcinogenesis has yet to be established. To date most studies have investigated dietary components individually, rather than as dietary patterns, which may provide stronger evidence for any influence of diet on bladder carcinogenesis. The Mediterranean diet has been associated with many health benefits, but few studies have investigated its association ...
    • Methodological issues in a prospective study on plasma concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and pancreatic cancer risk within the EPIC cohort 

      Gasull, Magda; Pumarega, José; Kiviranta, Hannu; Rantakokko, Panu; Raaschou-Nielsen, Ole; Bergdahl, Ingvar A.; Sandanger, Torkjel M; Goñi, Fernando; Cirera, Lluís; Donat-Vargas, Carolina; Alguacil, Juan; Iglesias, Mar; Tjønneland, Anne; Overvad, Kim; Mancini, Francesca Romana; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Severi, Gianluca; Johnson, Theron; Kühn, Tilman; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Karakatsani, Anna; Peppa, Eleni; Palli, Domenico; Pala, Valeria; Tumino, Rosario; Naccarati, Alessio; Panico, Salvatore; Verschuren, Monique; Vermeulen, Roel; Rylander, Charlotta; Nøst, Therese Haugdahl; Rodriguez-Barranco, Miguel; Molinuevo, Amaia; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Sund, Malin; Key, Tim; Ye, Weimin; Jenab, Mazda; Michaud, Dominique; Matullo, Giuseppe; Canzian, Federico; Kaaks, Rudolf; Nieters, Alexandra; Nöthlings, Ute; Jeurnink, Suzanne; Chajes, Veronique; Matejcic, Marco; Gunter, Marc; Aune, Dagfinn; Riboli, Elio; Agudo, Antoni; Gonzalez, Carlos Alberto; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Duell, Eric J.; Vineis, Paolo; Porta, Miquel (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-11-23)
      <i>Background</i> - The use of biomarkers of environmental exposure to explore new risk factors for pancreatic cancer presents clinical, logistic, and methodological challenges that are also relevant in research on other complex diseases.<p> <p><i>Objectives</i> - First, to summarize the main design features of a prospective case-control study –nested within the European Prospective Investigation ...
    • One-carbon metabolism biomarkers and risk of urothelial cell carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition 

      Vrieling, Alina; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Ros, Martine M.; Kampman, Ellen; Aben, Katja K.; Büchner, Frederike L.; Jansen, Eugène H.; Roswall, Nina; Tjønneland, Anne; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Chiristine; Cadeau, Claire; Chang-Claude, Jenny; Kaaks, Rudolf; Weikert, Steffen; Boeing, Heiner; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Lagiou, Pagona; Trichopoulos, Dimitrios; Sieri, Sabina; Palli, Domenico; Panico, Salvatore; Peeters, Petra H.; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Skeie, Guri; Jakszyn, Paula; Chirlaque, María-Dolores; Ardanaz, Eva; Sánchez, María-José; Ehrnström, Roy; Malm, Johan; Ljungberg, Börje; Khaw, Kay-Tee; Wareham, Nick J.; Brennan, Paul; Johansson, Mattias; Riboli, Elio; Kiemeney, Lambertus A. (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-01-29)
      Published associations between dietary folate and bladder cancer risk are inconsistent. Biomarkers may provide more accurate measures of nutrient status. This nested case–control analysis within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) investigated associations between pre‐diagnostic serum folate, homocysteine, vitamins B6 and B12 and the risk of urothelial cell ...
    • Risk prediction for estrogen receptor-specific breast cancers in two large prospective cohorts 

      Li, Kuanrong; Anderson, Garnet; Viallon, Vivian; Arveux, Patrick; Kvaskoff, Marina; Fournier, Agnès; Krogh, Vittorio; Tumino, Rosario; Sánchez, María-José; Ardanaz, Eva; Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores; Agudo, Antonio; Muller, David C.; Smith, Todd; Tzoulaki, Ioanna; Key, Timothy J.; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Bamia, Christina; Orfanos, Philippos; Kaaks, Rudolf; Hüsing, Anika; Fortner, Renée T.; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Anne; Sund, Malin; Dahm, Christina C; Overvad, Kim; Aune, Dagfinn; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Romieu, Isabelle; Riboli, Elio; Gunter, Marc J.; Dossus, Laure; Prentice, Ross; Ferrari, Pietro (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-12-03)
      <p><i>Background</i>: Few published breast cancer (BC) risk prediction models consider the heterogeneity of predictor variables between estrogen-receptor positive (ER+) and negative (ER-) tumors. Using data from two large cohorts, we examined whether modeling this heterogeneity could improve prediction.</p> <p><i>Methods</i>: We built two models, for ER+ (Model<sub>ER+</sub>) and ER- tumors ...
    • Vitamin D-related genes, blood vitamin D levels and colorectal cancer risk in Western European populations 

      Fedirko, Veronika; Mandle, Hannah B.; Zhu, Wanzhe; Hughes, David J.; Siddiq, Afshan; Ferrari, Pietro; Romieu, Isabelle; Riboli, Elio; Bueno-de-Mesquita, Hendrik Bastiaan; van Duijnhoven, Fränzel J.B.; Siersema, Peter D.; Tjønneland, Anne; Olsen, Anja; Perduca, Vittorio; Carbonnel, Franck; Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine; Kühn, Tilman; Johnson, Theron; Krasimira, Aleksandrova; Trichopoulou, Antonia; Makrythanasis, Periklis; Thanos, Dimitris; Panico, Salvatore; Krogh, Vittorio; Sacerdote, Carlotta; Skeie, Guri; Weiderpass, Elisabete; Colorado-Yohar, Sandra; Sala, Núria; Barricarte, Aurelio; Sánchez, María-José; Quirós, Ramón; Amiano, Pilar; Gylling, Björn; Harlid, Sophia; Perez-Cornago, Aurora; Heath, Alicia K.; Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.; Aune, Dagfinn; Freisling, Heinz; Murphy, Neil; Gunter, Marc J.; Jenab, Mazda (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2019-08-20)
      Higher circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels (25(OH)D) have been found to be associated with lower risk for colorectal cancer (CRC) in prospective studies. Whether this association is modified by genetic variation in genes related to vitamin D metabolism and action has not been well studied in humans. We investigated 1307 functional and tagging single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs; individually, ...