Heath, Alicia K. https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6517-1300
Muller, David C.
van den Brandt, Piet A.
Papadimitriou, Nikos
Critselis, Elena
Gunter, Marc
Vineis, Paolo
Weiderpass, Elisabete
Fagherazzi, Guy
Boeing, Heiner
Ferrari, Pietro
Olsen, Anja
Tjønneland, Anne
Arveux, Patrick
Boutron-Ruault, Marie-Christine
Mancini, Francesca Romana
Kühn, Tilman
Turzanski-Fortner, Renée
Schulze, Matthias B.
Karakatsani, Anna
Thriskos, Paschalis
Trichopoulou, Antonia
Masala, Giovanna
Contiero, Paolo
Ricceri, Fulvio
Panico, Salvatore
Bueno-de-Mesquita, Bas
Bakker, Marije F.
van Gils, Carla H.
Olsen, Karina Standahl
Skeie, Guri
Lasheras, Cristina
Agudo, Antonio
Rodríguez-Barranco, Miguel
Sánchez, Maria-José
Amiano, Pilar
Chirlaque, María-Dolores
Barricarte, Aurelio
Drake, Isabel
Ericson, Ulrika
Johansson, Ingegerd
Winkvist, Anna
Key, Tim
Freisling, Heinz
His, Mathilde
Huybrechts, Inge
Christakoudi, Sofia
Ellingjord-Dale, Merete
Riboli, Elio
Tsilidis, Konstantinos K.
Tzoulaki, Ioanna
Funding for this research was provided by:
World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF 2014/1180)
European Commission (Not applicable)
Centre International de Recherche sur le Cancer (Not applicable)
Danish Cancer Society (Not applicable)
Ligue Contre le Cancer (Not applicable)
Institut Gustave-Roussy (Not applicable)
Mutuelle Générale de l'Education Nationale (Not applicable)
Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (Not applicable)
Deutsche Krebshilfe (Not applicable)
Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (Not applicable)
Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (Not applicable)
Hellenic Health Foundation (Not applicable)
Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro (Not applicable)
Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (Not applicable)
Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport (Not applicable)
Netherlands Cancer Registry (Not applicable)
LK Research Funds (Not applicable)
Dutch Prevention Funds (Not applicable)
Dutch ZON (Not applicable)
Wereld Kanker Onderzoek Fonds (Not applicable)
Statistics Netherlands (Not applicable)
Health Research Fund (FIS) Spain (Not applicable)
Instituto de Salud Carlos III (Not applicable)
Regional Governments of Andalucía, Asturias, Basque Country, Murcia, Navarra (Not applicable)
Catalan Institute of Oncology (Not applicable)
Cancerfonden (Not applicable)
Vetenskapsrådet (Not applicable)
County Councils of Skåne and Västerbotten (Not applicable)
Cancer Research UK (14136, C570/A16491, C8221/A19170)
Medical Research Council (1000143, MR/M012190/1)
Article History
Received: 26 September 2019
Accepted: 30 December 2019
First Online: 13 January 2020
Ethics approval and consent to participate
: The EPIC study was approved by the ethics committees of the International Agency for Research on Cancer and the individual study centres. The Netherlands Cohort Study was approved by the institutional review boards of the Nederlandse Organisatie voor Toegepast Natuurwetenschappelijk Onderzoek (TNO) Quality of Life research institute (Zeist, Netherlands) and Maastricht University (Maastricht, Netherlands). Informed consent was provided by all participants.
: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.