Papers/PMID:30442229
Increased total iron and zinc intake and lower heme iron intake reduce the risk of esophageal cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis.
Nutrition research (New York, N.Y.)2018The record
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Zn(2+) — decreases oesophageal cancer incidence
Very limitedEvidence strength: very limited. Human evidence with major recorded weaknesses, or non-human, uncontrolled or unverified evidence.Finding“Taken together, our analysis indicates that increased dietary intake of total iron and zinc, as well as decreased heme iron intake, may be associated with a lower risk of developing esophageal cancer.”
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- Participants in 20 observational studies (4855 cases among 1,387,482 participants) of dietary intake and esophageal cancer; dose-response meta-analysis of dietary zinc intake
Increased total iron and zinc intake and lower heme iron intake reduce the risk of esophageal cancer: A dose-response meta-analysis.2018PMID:30442229Permalink