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General description
The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-Europe) is a comprehensive, multi-national collaborative endeavor aimed at examining the linkages between dietary, nutritional, lifestyle, and environmental factors with the occurrence of cancer and other chronic conditions across various European populations. As one of the largest cohort studies globally, EPIC-Europe encompasses over 500,000 participants from ten (10) Western European countries, initiated in the 1990s and extending for over three decades.
EPIC-Europe employs a forward-looking methodology, gathering baseline data prior to the onset of any diseases among participants. This approach, coupled with longitudinal monitoring, affords researchers the opportunity to uncover the reasons behind the development of illnesses in some individuals while others remain healthy. The study offers an unparalleled perspective on the genesis of various cancers across different body sites and the possibility of early detection, thereby enhancing the prospects for more effective treatments and improved survival rates.
The insights derived from the EPIC-Europe study furnish policymakers and public health practitioners with the crucial evidence required to formulate preventive strategies against cancer and chronic ailments. The dissemination of its findings to the broader public serves as a valuable resource, advocating for nutritional and lifestyle adjustments that individuals can incorporate into their everyday lives to mitigate the risk of cancer and other health conditions.
Related publications
- High adherence to Western dietary pattern increases breast cancer risk (an EPIC-Spain study)
- Plasma concentration of 36 (poly)phenols and prospective body weight change in participants from the EPIC cohort
- Dietary intakes of dioxins and polychlorobiphenyls (PCBs) and mortality: EPIC cohort study in 9 European countries
- Adherence to Healthy and Sustainable Dietary Patterns and Long-Term Chronic Inflammation: Data from the EPIC-Potsdam Cohort
- Lifestyle changes in middle age and risk of cancer: evidence from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
- Validation of Systematic Coronary Risk Evaluation 2 (SCORE2) and SCORE2-Older Persons in the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population cohort
- Lower mental health related quality of life precedes dementia diagnosis: findings from the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population-based study
- Association Between Retinal Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Incident Dementia in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer in Norfolk Cohort
- Body mass index and cancer risk among adults with and without cardiometabolic diseases: evidence from the EPIC and UK Biobank prospective cohort studies
- Sex-specific lifetime risk of cardiovascular events: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer-Norfolk prospective population cohort study
- Prospective associations between changes in physical activity and sedentary time and subsequent lean muscle mass in older English adults: the EPIC-Norfolk cohort study
- Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) and Future Physical and Mental Functional Health in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk Population-Based Study
- Associations between Fatty Acid Intakes and Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acid Concentrations in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition
- Pre-diagnostic circulating resistin concentrations and mortality among individuals with colorectal cancer: Results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study
- Ultra-processed foods, adiposity and risk of head and neck cancer and oesophageal adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study: a mediation analysis
Data access
More information about EPIC can be found at https://epic.iarc.fr/
To access EPIC data, visit https://epic.iarc.fr/access/