Comparison of Apples with their Parts: Rethinking a Meta-analysis on the Association between Cooking and Uveal Melanoma Risk

Andrea Schmidt-Pokrzywniak,Andreas Stang

doi:10.7314/apjcp.2013.14.4.2685

Abstract

Comparison of Apples with their Parts: Rethinking a Meta-analysis on the Association between Cooking and Uveal Melanoma Risk

Highlights

We read with interest Ge et al (2012) article entitled “Occupational Cooking and Risk of Uveal Melanoma: a Metaanalysis”
We believe that this meta-analysis is helpful because a synthesis of the growing evidence of the association between cooking and uveal melanoma risk is overdue
Behrens et al (2011) used the largest data set of the Rare Cancer Study including France, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Latvia, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, UK

Summary

Introduction

We read with interest Ge et al (2012) article entitled “Occupational Cooking and Risk of Uveal Melanoma: a Metaanalysis”. We believe that this meta-analysis is helpful because a synthesis of the growing evidence of the association between cooking and uveal melanoma risk is overdue. Uveal melanoma is a rare disease and only a few consistent risk factors have been identified (Behrens et al, 2011; Epidemiologisches Krebsregister NRW, 2013).

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