Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer

Voorrips, L., Brants, H., Kardinaal, A., Hiddink, G., and van den Brandt, P. 2002. Intake of conjugated linoleic acid, fat, and other fatty acids in relation to postmenopausal breast cancer The Netherlands cohort study on diet and cancer. Am. J. Clin. Nutr. 76, 873-882. 

An association between black tea consumption and the subsequent risk of colorectal cancer was sought in The Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer (Goldbohm et al., 1996). No association was observed between tea consumption and risk of colorectal cancer The risk among tea drinkers in each consumption category was similar to that among nondrinkers. The authors concluded that this study did not support the hypothesis that consumption of black tea protects against fom of the major cancers in humans, and there was no evidence that black tea has a cancer-enhancing effect. 

Engeland, M. et al., Effects of dietary folate and alcohol intake on promoter methylation in sporadic colorectal cancer The Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer, Cancer Res., 63, 3133-3137, 2003. 

Voorrips LE, Goldbohm RA, van Poppel G, Sturmans F, Hermus RJ, van den Brandt PA. Vegetable and fruit consumption and risks of colon and rectal cancer in a prospective cohort study the Netherlands Cohort Study on Diet and Cancer. Am J Epidemiol. 2000 152 1081-1092. 

In one study (Goldbohm et al., 1996), an association was songht between black tea consumption and the snbseqnent risk of stomach, colorectal, Inng, and breast cancers in The Netherlands Cohort Stndy on Diet and Cancer among 58,279 men and 62,573 women aged 55 to 69 years. The consnmption of tea showed an inverse association with... 

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