Nutritional Advice El Mondo
Objectives:
Is there an association between dietary fat intake and the risk of three major types of skin cancer including basal cell carcinoma (BCC), squamous cell carcinoma (SCC) and cutaneous malignant melanoma (CMM)?
Study design:
This review article included 3 prospective cohort studies (175,675 participants and 30,915 basal cell carcinoma cases, 4,106 squamous cell carcinoma cases and 1,638 cutaneous malignant melanoma cases) and 9 case-control studies (328 basal cell carcinoma cases, 493 squamous cell carcinoma cases, 1,547 cutaneous malignant melanoma cases and 2,660 controls).
Results and conclusions:
The investigators found pooled results indicated that dietary consumption of total fat and saturated fat were not associated with 3 major types of skin cancer.
The investigators found high consumption of monounsaturated fat was significantly associated with a decreased risk of 10% for basal cell carcinoma [RR = 0.90, 95% CI = 0.85 to 0.96].
The investigators found high consumption of polyunsaturated fat was significantly associated with an increased risk of 19% for squamous cell carcinoma [RR = 1.19, 95% CI = 1.06 to 1.33].
The investigators concluded high consumption of monounsaturated fat decreases risk of basal cell carcinoma while high consumption of polyunsaturated fat increases risk of squamous cell carcinoma. However, these findings should be confirmed by further evidence from well-designed and large-scale prospective cohort studies.
Original title:
Dietary Fat Intake and the Risk of Skin Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Ruan L, Cheng SP and Zhu QX.
Link:
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31298947
Additional information of El Mondo:
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