date:Sep 28, 2012
men and women with 3528 cases of cancer and 2532 controls without cancer to examine the association between consumption of processed meat and risk of cancers of multiple sites including the oral cavity, pharynx, esophagus, stomach, colon, rectum, lung, larynx, female breast, prostate, urinary bladder, and kidney (renal cell carcinoma only).
Cancers of all sites except for renal cell carcinoma were significantly associated with consumption of processed meat, the researchers found. Specifically