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Abstract

Background/Objectives: Dietary advanced glycation end products (dAGEs) have a pro-inflammatory effect and increase oxidative stress, potentially leading to cancer. The aim of this study was to estimate the association between dAGEs consumption and risk and mortality from overall cancer and according to its site. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in Medline, Scopus, Web of Science, and the Cochrane Library from inception to April 2025. The search strategy was conducted according to the PECO structure adapted to this study, as well as the inclusion criteria, in which the population (P) was the adult population, the exposure (E) was the highest level of dAGEs intake, the comparator (C) was the lowest level of dAGEs intake, and the outcomes (O) were the overall cancer risk, cancer risk by site, and cancer mortality. Results across studies were summarised using random effects and fixed effects. Results: Fourteen studies were included in the systematic review. In the random-effects meta-analysis, high dAGEs intake was associated with Hazard Ratio (HR) = 0.99 [95% Confidence Interval (95% CI): 0.98, 1.00] for overall cancer risk. However, although there was no association with breast cancer (BC), there was an association with invasive BC, with HR = 1.14 (95% CI: 1.05, 1.23). In contrast, in other tumours, there were opposite results depending on the site of the cancer. Conclusions: The reduction in cancer risk is not clinically significant. However, high consumption of dAGEs may increase the risk of BC, particularly the invasive BC, which is a challenge for cancer prevention and subsequent mortality. Due to the limited evidence, further studies are needed to confirm the potential impact of dAGEs, as well as other dietary factors that may play a larger role in cancer development.

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Title
Association of Dietary Advanced Glycation End Products with Overall and Site-Specific Cancer Risk and Mortality: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Author
Pascual-Morena, Carlos 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Garrido-Miguel, Miriam 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Martínez-García, Irene 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Lucerón-Lucas-Torres Maribel 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rodríguez-Gutiérrez, Eva 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Berlanga-Macías, Carlos 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Fernández-Bravo-Rodrigo, Jaime 4   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Patiño-Cardona Silvana 3 

 Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain; [email protected] (C.P.-M.); [email protected] (M.G.-M.); [email protected] (M.L.-L.-T.); [email protected] (E.R.-G.); [email protected] (C.B.-M.); [email protected] (S.P.-C.), Facultad de Enfermería de Albacete, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 02006 Albacete, Spain 
 CarVasCare Research Group, Facultad Enfermería de Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain; [email protected] 
 Health and Social Research Center, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain; [email protected] (C.P.-M.); [email protected] (M.G.-M.); [email protected] (M.L.-L.-T.); [email protected] (E.R.-G.); [email protected] (C.B.-M.); [email protected] (S.P.-C.) 
 CarVasCare Research Group, Facultad Enfermería de Cuenca, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, 16071 Cuenca, Spain; [email protected], Pharmacy Service, Hospital Virgen del Castillo, 30510 Yecla, Spain 
First page
1638
Publication year
2025
Publication date
2025
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
20726643
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
3212086217
Copyright
© 2025 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.