TY - JOUR
T1 - International pooled study on diet and bladder cancer: the bladder cancer, epidemiology and nutritional determinants (BLEND) study: design and baseline characteristics
AU - Goossens, Maria E.
AU - Isa, Fatima
AU - Brinkman, Maree
AU - Mak, David
AU - Reulen, Raoul
AU - Wesselius, Anke
AU - Benhamou, Simone
AU - Bosetti, Cristina
AU - Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas
AU - Carta, Angela
AU - Allam, Md Farouk
AU - Golka, Klaus
AU - Grant, Eric J.
AU - Jiang, Xuejuan
AU - Johnson, Kenneth C.
AU - Karagas, Margaret R.
AU - Kellen, Eliane
AU - La Vecchia, Carlo
AU - Lu, Chih-Ming
AU - Marshall, James
AU - Moysich, Kirsten
AU - Pohlabeln, Hermann
AU - Porru, Stefano
AU - Steineck, Gunnar
AU - Stern, Marianne C.
AU - Tang, Li
AU - Taylor, Jack A.
AU - van den Brandt, Piet
AU - Villeneuve, Paul J.
AU - Wakai, Kenji
AU - Weiderpass, Elisabete
AU - White, Emily
AU - Wolk, Alicja
AU - Zhang, Zuo-Feng
AU - Buntinx, Frank
AU - Zeegers, Maurice P.
PY - 2016/7/6
Y1 - 2016/7/6
N2 - Background: In 2012, more than 400,000 urinary bladder cancer cases occurred worldwide, making it the 7th most common type of cancer. Although many previous studies focused on the relationship between diet and bladder cancer, the evidence related to specific food items or nutrients that could be involved in the development of bladder cancer remains inconclusive. Dietary components can either be, or be activated into, potential carcinogens through metabolism, or act to prevent carcinogen damage. Methods/design: The BLadder cancer, Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants (BLEND) study was set up with the purpose of collecting individual patient data from observational studies on diet and bladder cancer. In total, data from 11,261 bladder cancer cases and 675,532 non-cases from 18 case-control and 6 cohort studies from all over the world were included with the aim to investigate the association between individual food items, nutrients and dietary patterns and risk of developing bladder cancer. Discussion: The substantial number of cases included in this study will enable us to provide evidence with large statistical power, for dietary recommendations on the prevention of bladder cancer.
AB - Background: In 2012, more than 400,000 urinary bladder cancer cases occurred worldwide, making it the 7th most common type of cancer. Although many previous studies focused on the relationship between diet and bladder cancer, the evidence related to specific food items or nutrients that could be involved in the development of bladder cancer remains inconclusive. Dietary components can either be, or be activated into, potential carcinogens through metabolism, or act to prevent carcinogen damage. Methods/design: The BLadder cancer, Epidemiology and Nutritional Determinants (BLEND) study was set up with the purpose of collecting individual patient data from observational studies on diet and bladder cancer. In total, data from 11,261 bladder cancer cases and 675,532 non-cases from 18 case-control and 6 cohort studies from all over the world were included with the aim to investigate the association between individual food items, nutrients and dietary patterns and risk of developing bladder cancer. Discussion: The substantial number of cases included in this study will enable us to provide evidence with large statistical power, for dietary recommendations on the prevention of bladder cancer.
KW - Bladder cancer
KW - Diet
KW - Risk
KW - Pooled analysis
U2 - 10.1186/s13690-016-0140-1
DO - 10.1186/s13690-016-0140-1
M3 - Article
C2 - 27386115
SN - 0778-7367
VL - 74
JO - Archives of Public Health
JF - Archives of Public Health
M1 - 30
ER -