Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Risk of Cancer: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Y Peng; JK Bassett; AM Hodge; YA Melaku; N Afshar; JL Hopper; RJ MacInnis; BM Lynch; SA Smith-Warner; GG Giles; RL Milne; H Jayasekara

Journal article

Adherence to 2018 WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations and Risk of Cancer: The Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Y Peng, JK Bassett, AM Hodge, YA Melaku, N Afshar, JL Hopper, RJ MacInnis, BM Lynch, SA Smith-Warner, GG Giles, RL Milne, H Jayasekara

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention | Published : 2024

DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-23-0945

Abstract

Background: We examined associations between adherence to adaptations of the 2018World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) cancer prevention recommendations and total, exposure-related and site-specific cancer risk. Methods: A total of 20,001 participants ages 40 to 69 years at enrollment into theMelbourne Collaborative Cohort Study in 1990 to 1994, who had diet, body size, and lifestyle reassessed in 2003 to 2007 ("baseline"), were followed-up through June 2021. We constructed diet and standardized lifestyle scores based on core WCRF/AICR recommendations on diet, alcohol intake, body size and physical activity, and additional scores incorporating weight c..

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Funding Acknowledgements

We thank the many thousands of Melbourne residents who continue to participate in the MCCS.MCCS cohort recruitment was funded by VicHealth and Cancer Council Victoria. The MCCS was further augmented by Australian National Health and Medical Research Council grants 209057, 396414, and 1074383 and by infrastructure provided by Cancer Council Victoria. Cases and their vital status were ascertained through the Victorian Cancer Registry and the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, including the Australian Cancer Database. Y. Peng and H. Jayasekara are supported by NHMRC grant GNT1163120. B.M. Lynch is supported by the Victorian Cancer Agency (MCRF18005).