TABLE 1.
Summary of findings from NCI studies on meat and cancer risk since 20071
| Risk of cancer incidence and
mortality |
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| Meat type | Increase | Decrease | Null |
| Red meat | Colorectal adenoma (7), colorectum (8), lung2 (17), prostate2 (19), breast2 (26), esophagus (15), liver (16), pancreas (men) (18), kidney (14), cancer mortality (27) | — | NHL (23), bladder (20), lung2 (24), prostate2 (25), breast2 (21), glioma (22) |
| White meat | — | Colorectum (8), liver (16), chronic liver disease mortality (16), cancer mortality (27), total mortality (27) | Colorectal adenoma (36), breast (21), NHL (23) |
| Processed meat | Colorectal adenoma (36), colorectum (8), lung2 (17), prostate (19), chronic liver disease mortality (16) | — | Liver (16), pancreas (18), breast (21, 26), lung2 (24), glioma (22), NHL (23) |
1
Numbers in parentheses correspond to references for the noted association. NCI, National Cancer Institute; NHL, non-Hodgkin lymphoma; —, no significant associations observed.
2
Denotes inconsistent findings.