Bottom Line: This study used data for participants followed-up for 24 years as part of two well-known study groups to examine the association between whole grain and dietary fiber intake with the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma, a predominant form of liver cancer.
Authors: Xuehong Zhang, M.D., Sc.D., of Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, and coauthors
(doi:10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.7159)
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