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To provide a correction to the findings on the cancer risk associated with vegetarian diets based on pooled data.

April 15, 2026Open Access

Correction: Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents

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To provide a correction to the findings on the cancer risk associated with vegetarian diets based on pooled data.
Pooled analysis of nine prospective studies
Data collected from 1.8 million individuals
Analysis focused on hazard ratios for various cancer sites
Correction in reported hazard ratios for reproductive system cancers
FDR significance noted for hazard ratios in vegetarians
Clarified results enhancing understanding of cancer risks

Abstract

analyses', final paragraph originally read: "FDR, among the 16 HRs shown in the main Figs. 1 to 3".This should instead read: "FDR, among the 16 cancer sites shown in the main Figs. 1 to 3".'RESULTS -Cancers of the reproductive system' originally read: " and in vegetarians (0.91 (0.86 to 0.97))".This should instead read: "and in vegetarians (0.91 (0.86 to 0.97, FDR significant))".

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Yashvee Dunneram

Jia Yi Lee

Cody Z. Watling

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British Journal of Cancer

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University of Oxford

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Emory University

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Correction: Vegetarian diets and cancer risk: pooled analysis of 1.8 million women and men in nine prospective studies on three continents

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