Plasma and dietary vitamin C levels and risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST).

M, Jenab; E, Riboli; P, Ferrari; J, Sabate; N, Slimani; T, Norat; M, Friesen; A, Tjønneland; A, Olsen; K, Overvad; MC, Boutron-Ruault; F, Clavel-Chapelon; M, Touvier; H, Boeing; M, Schulz; J, Linseisen; G, Nagel; A, Trichopoulou; A, Naska; E, Oikonomou; V, Krogh; S, Panico; G, Masala; C, Sacerdote; R, Tumino; PH, Peeters; ME, Numans; HB, Bueno-de-Mesquita; FL, Büchner; E, Lund; G, Pera; CN, Sanchez; MJ, Sánchez; L, Arriola; A, Barricarte; JR, Quirós; G, Hallmans; R, Stenling; G, Berglund; S, Bingham; KT, Khaw; T, Key; N, Allen; F, Carneiro; U, Mahlke; Giudice G, Del; D, Palli; R, Kaaks; CA, Gonzalez

doi:10.1093/carcin/bgl096

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Plasma and dietary vitamin C levels and risk of gastric cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST).

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Jenab M

Riboli E

Ferrari P

Abstract

Vitamin C is an antioxidant and inhibitor of carcinogenic N-nitroso compound production in the stomach. Higher dietary vitamin C consumption is associated with decreased risk of gastric cancer (GC) in numerous case-control studies, but data from prospective studies are limited, particularly so for b...

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