Anna Palomar-Cros, Kurt Straif, Dora Romaguera, Nuria Aragonés, Gemma Castaño-Vinyals, Vicente Martin, Victor Moreno, Inés Gómez-Acebo, Marcela Guevara, Amaia Aizpurua, Ana Molina-Barceló, José-Juan Jiménez-Moleón, Adonina Tardón, Manuel Contreras-Llanes, Rafael Marcos-Gragera, José Mª Huerta, Beatriz Pérez-Gómez, Ana Espinosa, Natalia Hernández-Segura, Mireia Obón-Santacana, Jessica Alonso-Molero, Rosana Burgui, Pilar Amiano, Marina Pinto-Carbó, Rocio Olmedo-Requena, Guillermo Fernández-Tardón, Vanessa Santos-Sánchez, Nerea Fernández de Larrea-Baz, Tania Fernández-Villa, Delphine Casabonne, Trinidad Dierssen-Sotos, Eva Ardanaz, Ane Dorronsoro, Marina Pollán, Manolis Kogevinas, Camille Lassale
Use of artificial sweeteners (AS) such as aspartame, cyclamate, saccharin and sucralose is widespread. We evaluated the association of use of aspartame and other AS with cancer. In total 1881 colorectal, 1510 breast, 972 prostate and 351 stomach cancer and 109 chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL) cases and 3629 population controls from the Spanish Multicase-Control (MCC-Spain) study were recruited (2008-2013). The consumption of AS, from table-top sweeteners and artificially sweetened beverages, was assessed through a self-administered and validated food frequency questionnaire (FFQ)...
September 1, 2023: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer