Is adherence to diet, physical activity, and body weight cancer prevention recommendations associated with colorectal cancer incidence in African American women?

Sarah J.O. Nomura; Chiranjeev Dash; Lynn Rosenberg; Jeffrey Yu; Julie R. Palmer; Lucile L. Adams-Campbell

doi:https://doi.org/10.1007/s10552-016-0760-3

doi.org/10.1007/s10552-016-0760-3

Is adherence to diet, physical activity, and body weight cancer prevention recommendations associated with colorectal cancer incidence in African American women?

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Cancer Causes & Control2.30

Volume: 27, Issue: 7, Pages: 869 - 879

Published: May 24, 2016

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether adherence to the World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) cancer prevention recommendations was associated with colorectal cancer incidence in the Black Women’s Health Study (BWHS). In this ongoing prospective cohort of African American women (analytic cohort n = 49,103), 354 incident colorectal cancers were diagnosed between baseline (1995) and 2011....