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Dietary flavonoid, lignan and antioxidant capacity and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition study

  • Raul Zamora-Ros
  • , Veronika Fedirko
  • , Antonia Trichopoulou
  • , Carlos A. González
  • , Christina Bamia
  • , Elisabeth Trepo
  • , Ute Nöthlings
  • , Talita Duarte-Salles
  • , Mauro Serafini
  • , Lea Bredsdorff
  • , Kim Overvad
  • , Anne Tjønneland
  • , Jytte Halkjær
  • , Guy Fagherazzi
  • , Florence Perquier
  • , Marie-Christine Boutron-Ruault
  • , Verena Katzke
  • , Annekatrin Lukanova
  • , Anna Floegel
  • , Heiner Boeing
  • Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Saieva Calogero, Claudia Agnoli, Amalia Mattiello, Rosario Tumino, Carlotta Sacerdote, H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita, Petra H. M. Peeters, Elisabete Weiderpass, Dagrun Engeset, Guri Skeie, Marcial Vicente Argüelles, Esther Molina-Montes, Miren Dorronsora, María José Tormo, Eva Ardanaz, Ulrika Ericson, Emily Sonestedt, Malin Sund, Rikard Landberg, Kay-Thee Khaw, Nicholas J. Wareham, Francesca L. Crowe, Elio Riboli, Mazda Jenab

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    Abstract

    What's new? Coffee, tea, fruits and vegetables, and certain other foods may protect against hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), thanks to their antioxidant ingredients. This study lends fresh support to that idea, revealing specifically that dietary flavanols, which possess antioxidant activity, could play a favourable role in HCC prevention. Dietary antioxidant capacity from coffee intake in particular was found to be inversely associated with HCC risk, though statistical significance was lost after exclusion of the first two years of follow-up. Assessment of the bioavailability of flavonoids and other antioxidants is needed to confirm links between antioxidant intake and HCC risk.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2429-2443
    Number of pages15
    JournalInternational Journal of Cancer
    Volume133
    Issue number10
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2013

    UN SDGs

    This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

    1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
      SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

    Keywords

    • flavonoids
    • lignans
    • dietary intake
    • antioxidant capacity
    • hepatocellular carcinoma
    • EPIC

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