Annals of Oncology 13:1688-1689, 2002
© 2002 European Society for Medical Oncology
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Glycaemic index, breast and colorectal cancer
1 Registre Vaudois des Tumeurs, and Unité d’épidémiologie du cancer, Institut Universitaire de Médecine Sociale et Préventive, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Falaises 1, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland; 2 Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche ‘Mario Negri’, Via Eritrea 62, 20157 Milano; 3 Istituto di Statistica Medica e Biometria, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milano, Italy (E-mail: fabio.levi@inst.hospvd.ch)
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Glycaemic index (GI) is an extension of the fibre hypothesis [1] and a ranking of carbohydrates based on their post-prandial blood glucose response [2]. The basic concept is that a higher rate of carbohydrate absorption leads to higher blood glucose and insulin rise, and hence a higher GI index. GI has been linked to non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus [3, 4], coronary heart disease, and also to excess risk of colorectal [5] and breast [6] cancer. Refined cereal intake has also been related to elevated risk
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