Vegetables and Fruits in Relation to Cancer Risk: Evidence from the Greek EPIC Cohort Study

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Abstract

Introduction: Vegetables and fruits have long been considered as conducive to cancer prevention, but this view has recently been challenged. We investigated the relation of vegetable and fruit intake with total cancer occurrence in the population-based cohort of the Greek component of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and nutrition (EPIC), which is characterized by high consumption of these foods.

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