Association between dried fruit intake and pan-cancers incidence risk: A two-sample Mendelian randomization study

Preferential consumption of dried fruits may be beneficial for the prevention of several forms of cancer, including oral, pharyngeal, lung, breast, pancreatic, ovarian, and cervical cancer.

This study looked at how high dietary ingestion of dried fruits influences the risk of different types of cancer. Researchers gathered data and evidence obtained from the Oncoarray oral cavity and oropharyngeal cancer consortium, International Lung Cancer Consortium, Breast Cancer Association Consortium (BCAC), Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, PanScan1, and GWAS databases. 

Researchers observed that the more dried fruits people consumed, the better protected they are from oral, pharyngeal, lung, breast, pancreatic, ovarian, and cervical cancer. This study concluded that "the intake of dried fruits may have a protective effect against some site-specific cancers. "