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Diet and biliary tract cancer risk in Shanghai, China.

A decline in biliary tract cancer risk is associated with regular consumption of diets rich in onions, garlic, and shallot.

​This study assessed the role diets play in the development and prevention of cancer of the biliary tract. A team of investigators looked at the diets and biliary tract cancer odds ratio of a large number of subjects residing in Shanghai, China. They found out that high dietary ingestion of onions, garlic, shallot, seaweed, and kelp decreased the odds of developing cancer in the gallbladder, extrahepatic bile duct, and ampulla of Vater. In contrast, increased intake of diets rich in salted meats and preserved vegetables was found to elevate biliary tract cancer development risk. The results of this study indicate that consistent consumption of diets loaded with onions, garlic, shallot, seaweed, and kelp may reduce an individual's susceptibility to biliary tract cancer

Research Summary Information

  • 2017
  • Nelson SM, Gao YT, Nogueira LM, Shen MC, Wang B, Rashid A, Hsing AW, Koshiol J.
  • Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program, Division of Cancer Prevention, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America. Metabolic Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America. Department of Epidemiology, Shanghai Cancer Institute, Shanghai, China. Texas Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch, Texas Department of State Health Services, Austin, Texas, United States of America. Department of Pathology, Shanghai Cancer Center, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Department of General Surgery, Zhongshan Hospital, School of Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai, China. Department of Pathology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texass, United States of America. Stanford Cancer Institute, Palo Alto, California, United States of America. Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford School of Medicine, Palo Alto, California, United States of America. Infectious and Immunoepidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, MD, United States of America.
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  • No. Source of funding disclosure not found
  • No. Potential conflicts disclosure not found
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