Studies have found conflicting results on miso and cancer: frequent miso consumption was linked to a raised risk of stomach cancer in Japanese men, while two separate studies found miso consumption may reduce the risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in men.
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Multiple peer-reviewed epidemiological studies (JACC study, Wiley IJC study, PMC review) corroborate conflicting associations between miso consumption and different cancer types in Japanese cohorts, though observational nature limits causal certainty.
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- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4728120/ (pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ijc.20897 (onlinelibrary.wiley.com)
- https://www.researchgate.net/publication/8342188_Dietary_Habits_and_Risk_of_Death_due_to_Hepatocellular_Carcinoma_in_a_Large_Scale_Cohort_Study_in_Japan_Univariate_Analysis_of_JACC_Study_Data (researchgate.net)