date:Nov 04, 2015
cer by 18 percent.
IARC also classified the consumption of red meat as probably carcinogenic to humans (Group 2A) based on limited evidence that the consumption of red meat causes cancer in humans and strong mechanistic evidence supporting a carcinogenic effect. This association was observed mainly for colorectal cancer, but associations also were seen for pancreatic cancer and prostate cancer.
The IARC Working Group considered more than 800 studies that investigated associations of more than