Dietary Patterns in Cancer Prevention and Survival

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Dietary Patterns in Cancer Prevention and Survival is written by Raul Zamora-Ros and published by Frontiers Media SA. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 2832554288 (ISBN 10) and 9782832554289 (ISBN 13).

Cancer is a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020, or nearly one in six deaths. Although some individuals are at higher risk due to non-modifiable risk factors, between 30-40% of all cancer cases are estimated to be preventable through healthy lifestyles, including healthy diets. In 2018, a report from the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research promoted ten cancer prevention recommendations on diet and nutrition. But characterizing a healthy diet is not easy, since foods and nutrients are not consumed alone. Over the past decade, dietary pattern analysis has emerged as an alternative and complementary approach to evaluating the relationship between diet and cancer risk. Instead of looking at individual nutrients or foods, dietary pattern analysis examines the effects of the overall diet. Conceptually, dietary patterns represent a broader picture of food and nutrient consumption, and may thus be more predictive of disease risk than individual foods or nutrients. Research on the effects of diet, nutrition, and physical activity on the risk of cancer in cancer survivors is growing, but it is much more limited than that on risk. Therefore, the current lifestyle recommendations for cancer survivors should be similar to those for cancer prevention until we do not have specific recommendations.