Healthy eating

Diet and cancer- the EPIC study

The EPIC study looks at links between diet and cancer in 10 European countries.

The links between health and diet are very complex and human population studies must look at large numbers of people to provide the most meaningful results.

Many previous studies on diet and cancer have been flawed for the following reasons:

The EPIC study

Cancer Research UK is co-funding the UK arm of a massive study called EPIC, the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer. EPIC researchers have carefully designed the study to overcome the limitations of previous investigations.

EPIC is a long-term study of more than 500,000 people in ten European countries. This includes around 90,000 British men and women, including about 30,000 vegetarians, recruited by Cancer Research UK groups in Oxford and Cambridge.

EPIC aims to produce detailed, reliable information about diet and cancer. Unlike many other studies, it has the following important design features:


 
Page last updated: 28 October 2005
 
 
About this site   Accessibility   Donate now   Privacy   Site Map   Terms & Conditions   Top of page

Cancer Research UK is a registered charity No. 1089464.
Registered as a company limited by guarantee in England & Wales No. 4325234.
Registered address 61 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, WC2A 3PX.