Intake of food additive preservatives and incidence of cancer: results from the NutriNet-Santé prospective cohort.

BMJ · 2026 · PMC12776923 · PMID 41500678

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In the present study, the trend towards a positive association between colorectal cancer and nitrites (1.26 (0.95 to 1.68), P=0.1) and nitrates (1.23 (0.93 to 1.64), P=0.1) did not reach statistical significance, probably due to the limited number of incident colorectal cancers.

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