Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents

Yashvee Dunneram; Jia Yi Lee; Cody Z. Watling; Izabella Lawson; Mahboubeh Parsaeian; Gary E. Fraser; Fayth M. Butler; Dorairaj Prabhakaran; Krithiga Shridhar; Dimple Kondal; Viswanathan Mohan; Mohammed K. Ali; K. M.Venkat Narayan; Nikhil Tandon; Tammy Y.N. Tong; Ruth C. Travis; Tina H.T. Chiu; Ming Nan Lin; Chin Lon Lin; Hsin Chou Yang; Yu Jen Liang; Darren C. Greenwood; Gillian K. Reeves; Keren Papier; Sarah Floud; Rashmi Sinha; Linda M. Liao; Erikka Loftfield; Janet E. Cade; Timothy J. Key; Aurora Perez-Cornago

doi:10.1038/s41416-025-03327-4

Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents

Yashvee Dunneram
, Jia Yi Lee
, Cody Z. Watling
, Izabella Lawson
, Mahboubeh Parsaeian
, Gary E. Fraser
, Fayth M. Butler
, Dorairaj Prabhakaran
, Krithiga Shridhar
, Dimple Kondal
, Viswanathan Mohan
, Mohammed K. Ali
, K. M.Venkat Narayan
, Nikhil Tandon
, Tammy Y.N. Tong
, Ruth C. Travis
, Tina H.T. Chiu
, Ming Nan Lin
, Chin Lon Lin
, Hsin Chou Yang

Yu Jen Liang, Darren C. Greenwood, Gillian K. Reeves, Keren Papier, Sarah Floud, Rashmi Sinha, Linda M. Liao, Erikka Loftfield, Janet E. Cade, Timothy J. Key, Aurora Perez-Cornago

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Original language	English
Journal	British Journal of Cancer
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03327-4
State	Accepted/In press - 2026

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Cancer Research

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Dunneram, Y., Lee, J. Y., Watling, C. Z., Lawson, I., Parsaeian, M., Fraser, G. E., Butler, F. M., Prabhakaran, D., Shridhar, K., Kondal, D., Mohan, V., Ali, M. K., Narayan, K. M. V., Tandon, N., Tong, T. Y. N., Travis, R. C., Chiu, T. H. T., Lin, M. N., Lin, C. L., ... Perez-Cornago, A. (Accepted/In press). Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents. British Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03327-4

Dunneram, Y, Lee, JY, Watling, CZ, Lawson, I, Parsaeian, M, Fraser, GE , Butler, FM, Prabhakaran, D, Shridhar, K, Kondal, D, Mohan, V, Ali, MK, Narayan, KMV, Tandon, N, Tong, TYN, Travis, RC, Chiu, THT, Lin, MN, Lin, CL, Yang, HC, Liang, YJ, Greenwood, DC, Reeves, GK, Papier, K, Floud, S, Sinha, R, Liao, LM, Loftfield, E, Cade, JE, Key, TJ & Perez-Cornago, A 2026, 'Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents', British Journal of Cancer. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41416-025-03327-4

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