Browsing by Author "Gracia Lavedan, Esther"

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  • Adherence to nutrition-based cancer prevention guidelines and breast, prostate and colorectal cancer risk in the MCC-Spain case-control study
    Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Molinuevo, Amaia; De Batlle, Jordi; Mendez, Michelle A.; Moreno, Víctor; Vidal, Carmen; Castelló, Adela; Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz; Martín Sánchez, Vicente; Molina, Antonio J.; Dávila-Batista, Verónica; Dierssen Sotos, Trinidad; Gómez-Acebo, Inés; Llorca, Javier; Guevara, Marcela; Castilla, Jesús; Urtiaga, Carmen; Llorens-Ivorra, Cristóbal; Fernández-Tardón, Guillermo; Tardón, Adonina; Lorca Marín, José Andrés; Marcos-Gragera, Rafael; Huerta, José María; Olmedo-Requena, Rocío; Jiménez-Moleón, José Juan; Altzibar, Jone Miren; de Sanjosé, Silvia; Pollan, Marina; Aragonés, Núria; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis; Amiano, Pilar (Wiley, 2017)
    Prostate, breast and colorectal cancer are the most common tumours in Spain. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the association between adherence to nutrition-based guidelines for cancer prevention and prostate, ...
  • Adherence to the Western, Prudent, and Mediterranean dietary patterns and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the MCC-Spain study
    Solans, Marta; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Casabonne, Delphine (Ferrata Storti Foundation, 2018)
    Diet is a modifiable risk factor for several neoplasms but evidence for chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is sparse. Previous studies examining the association between single-food items and CLL risk have yielded mixed ...
  • Colorectal Cancer and Long-Term Exposure to Trihalomethanes in Drinking Water: A Multicenter Case-Control Study in Spain and Italy.
    Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Espejo Herrera, Nadia Carminia, 1983-; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Kogevinas, Manolis (Environmental health perspectives, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Evidence on the association between colorectal cancer and exposure to disinfection by-products in drinking water is inconsistent. OBJECTIVES: We assessed long-term exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs), the most ...
  • Consumption of ultra-processed food and drinks and chronic lymphocytic leukemia in the MCC-Spain study
    Solans, Marta; Fernández-Barrés, Sílvia; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis; Casabonne, Delphine (MDPI, 2021)
    Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) is the most common leukemia in adults in Western countries. Its etiology is largely unknown but increasing incidence rates observed worldwide suggest that lifestyle and environmental ...
  • Correlates of walking for travel in seven european cities: The PASTA Project
    Gascon Merlos, Mireia, 1984-; Götschi, Thomas; De Nazelle, Audrey; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Ambros, Albert; Márquez, Sandra; Marquet, Oriol; Avila-Palencia, Ione, 1985-; Brand, Christian; Iacorossi, Francesco; Raser, Elisabeth; Gaupp-Berghausen, Mailin; Dons, Evi; Laeremans, Michelle; Kahlmeier, Sonja; Sánchez, Julian; Gerike, Regine; Anaya, Esther; Int Panis, Luc; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J. (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2019)
    Background: Although walking for travel can help in reaching the daily recommended levels of physical activity, we know relatively little about the correlates of walking for travel in the European context. Objective: Within ...
  • Dietary inflammatory index, dietary non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity, and colorectal and breast cancer risk (MCC-Spain Study)
    Obón-Santacana Mireia; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis; Amiano, Pilar (MDPI, 2019)
    Inflammation and antioxidant capacity have been associated with colorectal and breast cancer. We computed the dietary inflammatory index (DII®), and the total dietary non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity (NEAC) and associated ...
  • Dietary zinc and risk of prostate cancer in Spain: MCC-Spain Study
    Gutiérrez-González, Enrique; Castelló, Adela; Fernández-Navarro, Pablo; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Llorca, Javier; Salas-Trejo, Dolores; Salcedo-Bellido, Inmaculada; Aragonés, Núria; Fernández-Tardón, Guillermo; Alguacil Ojeda, Juan; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; García-Esquinas, Esther; Gómez-Acebo, Inés; Amiano, Pilar; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Kogevinas, Manolis; Pollan, Marina; Pérez-Gómez, Beatriz (MDPI, 2018)
    Zinc is a key trace element in normal prostate cell metabolism, and is decreased in neoplastic cells. However, the association between dietary zinc and prostate cancer (PC) in epidemiologic studies is a conflicting one. ...
  • DNA methylation levels and long-term trihalomethane exposure in drinking water: an epigenome-wide association study.
    Salas, Lucas A.; Bustamante Pineda, Mariona; González Ruiz, Juan Ramón; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Moreno, Víctor; Kogevinas, Manolis; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina (Taylor & Francis, 2015)
    Trihalomethanes (THM) are undesired disinfection byproducts (DBPs) formed during water treatment. Mice exposed to DBPs showed global DNA hypomethylation and c-myc and c-jun gene-specific hypomethylation, while evidence of ...
  • Drinking water disinfection by-products during pregnancy and child neuropsychological development in the INMA Spanish cohort study
    Villanueva, Cristina M.; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Julvez, Jordi; Santa Marina, Loreto; Lertxundi, Nerea; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Llop, Sabrina; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Fernández-Somoano, Ana; Tardón, Adonina; Vrijheid, Martine; Guxens Junyent, Mònica; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (Elsevier, 2018)
    Background: Disinfection by-products (DBPs) constitute a complex mixture of prevalent chemicals in drinking water and there is evidence of neurotoxicity for some of them. Objectives: We evaluated the association between ...
  • Environmental, dietary, maternal, and fetal predictors of bulky DNA adducts in cord blood: a European mother-child study (NewGeneris)
    Pedersen, Marie; Mendez, Michelle A.; Espinosa Díaz, Ana; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Sunyer Deu, Jordi; Nieuwenhuijsen, Mark J.; Cirach, Marta; Agramunt, Silvia; Kogevinas, Manolis (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, 2015)
    BACKGROUND: Bulky DNA adducts reflect genotoxic exposures, have been associated with lower birth weight, and may predict cancer risk. OBJECTIVE: We selected factors known or hypothesized to affect in utero adduct formation ...
  • Exposure to disinfection by-products in swimming pools and biomarkers of genotoxicity and respiratory damage - The PISCINA2 Study
    Font-Ribera, Laia; Barreiro Portela, Esther; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Arjona, Lourdes; De Bont, Jeroen, 1989-; Tarès, Lluïsa; Vineis, Paolo; Kogevinas, Manolis; Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina (Elsevier, 2019)
    BACKGROUND: Swimming in pools is a healthy activity that entails exposure to disinfection by-products (DBPs), some of which are irritant and genotoxic. OBJECTIVES: We evaluated exposure to DBPs during swimming in a chlorinated ...
  • Exposure to drinking water trihalomethanes and nitrate and the risk of brain tumours in young people
    Zumel Marne, María Ángela, 1984-; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Alguacil Ojeda, Juan; Villanueva, Cristina M.; Maule, Milena; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Momoli, Franco; Krewski, Daniel; Mohipp, Charmaine; Petridou, Eleni; Bouka, Evdoxia; Merletti, Franco; Migliore, Enrica; Piro, Sara; Ha, Mina; Mannetje, Andrea 't; Eng, Amanda; Aragonés, Núria; Cardis, Elisabeth (Elsevier, 2021)
    Brain tumours (BTs) are one of the most frequent tumour types in young people. We explored the association between tap water, exposure to trihalomethanes (THM) and nitrate and neuroepithelial BT risk in young people. ...
  • Exposure to trihalomethanes through different water uses and birth weight, small for gestational age, and preterm delivery in Spain
    Villanueva Belmonte, Cristina; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Ibarluzea, Jesús; Marina, Loreto Santa; Ballester Díez, Ferran; Llop, Sabrina; Tardón, Adonina; Fernandez, Mariana F.; Freire, Carmen; Goñi, Fernando; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Kogevinas, Manolis; Grimalt Obrador, Joan; Sunyer Deu, Jordi (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), 2011)
    Background: Evidence associating exposure to water disinfection by-products with reduced birth weight and altered duration of gestation remains inconclusive. Objective: We assessed exposure to trihalomethanes (THMs) during ...
  • Perinatal and childhood factors and risk of breast cancer subtypes in adulthood.
    Lope, Virginia; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Pumarega Rodríguez, José Antonio; Tusquets Trias de Bes, Ignacio; Kogevinas, Manolis; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Pollan, Marina (Elsevier, 2016)
    BACKGROUND: Accumulated exposure to hormones and growth factors during early life may influence the future risk of breast cancer (BC). This study examines the influence of childhood-related, socio-demographic and anthropometric ...
  • Possible role of chondroitin sulphate and glucosamine for primary prevention of colorectal cancer. Results from the MCC-Spain study
    Ibáñez-Sanz, Gemma; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis; Moreno, Víctor (Nature Research, 2018)
    A safe and effective colorectal cancer (CRC) chemoprevention agent remains to be discovered. We aim to evaluate the association between the use of glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulphate and risk of colorectal cancer (CRC) ...
  • The dietary inflammatory index and chronic lymphocytic leukaemia in the MCC Spain Study
    Flores, José Carlos; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Romaguera Bosch, Dora; Gimeno Vázquez, Eva; Kogevinas, Manolis; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Casabonne, Delphine (MDPI, 2020)
    Chronic inflammation plays a role in the development of chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (CLL), and diet might modulate chronic inflammation. This study aims to evaluate the association between the dietary inflammatory index ...
  • Use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of breast cancer: The Spanish Multi-Case-control (MCC) study
    Dierssen Sotos, Trinidad; Servitja Tormo, Sonia; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Castaño Vinyals, Gemma; Kogevinas, Manolis; Llorca, Javier (BioMed Central, 2016)
    Background: The relationship between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID) consumption and breast cancer has been repeatedly studied, although the results remain controversial. Most case-control studies reported ...
  • Variability of urinary concentrations of non-persistent chemicals in pregnant women and school-aged children
    Casas Sanahuja, Maribel; Basagaña Flores, Xavier; Manzano Salgado, Cyntia Beatriz, 1987-; De Bont, Jeroen, 1989-; Donaire González, David; González, Juan Ramón; Gracia Lavedan, Esther; Pañella, Pau; Robinson, Oliver; Urquiza, José M.; Vrijheid, Martine (Elsevier, 2018)
    Background: Exposome studies are challenged by exposure misclassification for non-persistent chemicals, whose temporal variability contributes to bias in dose-response functions. Objectives: We evaluated the variability ...