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Alessandra Tavani is affiliated with the Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research in Italy. Their research primarily focuses on the intersection of medicine and pharmacology, with a concentration on coffee research and its impacts.

They have contributed to studies investigating the relationship between coffee consumption and cancer risks. Their recent publications include:

  • Coffee consumption and colorectal cancer risk: a multicentre case-control study from Italy and Spain (2021), published in European Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • The role of coffee consumption in breast and ovarian cancer risk: updated meta-analyses (2022), published in Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

Their work in cancer epidemiology examines how coffee consumption correlates with the risk of developing various cancer types, particularly colorectal, breast, and ovarian cancers.

Frequent collaborators in their research include:

  • Valentina Guercio
  • Carlo La Vecchia
  • Valentina Rosato
  • Cristina Bosetti
  • Esther Gràcia-Lavedán

Key publication venues where Alessandra Tavani's work appears are:

  • European Journal of Cancer Prevention
  • Epidemiology Biostatistics and Public Health

The scientist's contributions reside largely within the fields of medicine and pharmacology, focusing particularly on cancer epidemiology linked to dietary factors.

Best Publications

  • Human papillomavirus and oral cancer: the International Agency for Research on Cancer multicenter study.

    Rolando Herrero;Xavier Castellsagué;Michael Pawlita;Jolanta Lissowska

  • Epidemiology and prevention of oral cancer

    C. La Vecchia;C. La Vecchia;A. Tavani;S. Franceschi;F. Levi

  • Mediterranean diet and cardiovascular disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

    Valentina Rosato;Norman J. Temple;Carlo La Vecchia;Giorgio Castellan

  • Coffee drinking and hepatocellular carcinoma risk: A meta‐analysis

    Francesca Bravi;Cristina Bosetti;Alessandra Tavani;Vincenzo Bagnardi

  • Whole grain food intake and cancer risk

    Liliane Chatenoud;Alessandra Tavani;Carlo La Vecchia;Carlo La Vecchia;David R. Jacobs

  • Coffee Reduces Risk for Hepatocellular Carcinoma: An Updated Meta-analysis

    Francesca Bravi;Francesca Bravi;Cristina Bosetti;Alessandra Tavani;Silvano Gallus

  • Inhibition of gastrointestinal transit by morphine in rats results primarily from direct drug action on gut opioid sites.

    L Manara;G Bianchi;P Ferretti;A Tavani

  • Vegetables, fruit, antioxidants and cancer: a review of Italian studies.

    Carlo La Vecchia;Andrea Altieri;Alessandra Tavani

  • Oral hygiene, dentition, sexual habits and risk of oral cancer.

    R Talamini;S Vaccarella;F Barbone;F Barbone;A Tavani

  • Reliability of data on medical conditions, menstrual and reproductive history provided by hospital controls

    Cristina Bosetti;Alessandra Tavani;Eva Negri;Dimitrios Trichopoulos

  • Food and nutrient intake and risk of cataract.

    Alessandra Tavani;Eva Negri;Carlo La Vecchia;Carlo La Vecchia

  • Red meat intake and cancer risk: a study in Italy.

    A Tavani;C La Vecchia;C La Vecchia;C La Vecchia;S Gallus;P Lagiou

  • Medical history and risk of Hodgkin's and non-Hodgkin's lymphomas.

    A Tavani;C La Vecchia;S Franceschi;D Serraino

  • Morphine is most effective on gastrointestinal propulsion in rats by intraperitoneal route: Evidence for local action

    Alessandra Tavani;Giancarlo Bianchi;Patrizia Ferretti;Luciano Manara

  • Diet and risk of lymphoid neoplasms and soft tissue sarcomas

    A Tavani;A Pregnolato;E Negri;S Franceschi

  • Attributable risk for oral cancer in northern Italy

    E Negri;C La Vecchia;S Franceschi;A Tavani

  • Quaternary narcotic antagonists' relative ability to prevent antinociception and gastrointestinal transit inhibition in morphine-treated rats as an index of peripheral selectivity

    Giancarlo Bianchi;Roberto Fiocchi;Alessandra Tavani;Luciano Manara

  • Fruit and vegetables, and human cancer

    C.V.B. La Vecchia;A. Tavani

  • Refined-cereal intake and risk of selected cancers in Italy

    Liliane Chatenoud;Carlo La Vecchia;Silvia Franceschi;Alessandra Tavani

  • Mediterranean diet and risk of endometrial cancer: a pooled analysis of three Italian case-control studies.

    M Filomeno;C Bosetti;E Bidoli;F Levi

Frequent Co-Authors

Carlo La Vecchia
Carlo La Vecchia University of Milan
Eva Negri
Eva Negri University of Bologna
Silvia Franceschi
Silvia Franceschi Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Cristina Bosetti
Cristina Bosetti Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Silvano Gallus
Silvano Gallus Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research
Maurizio Montella
Maurizio Montella Regione Campania
Renato Talamini
Renato Talamini Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Diego Serraino
Diego Serraino University of Oxford
Luigino Dal Maso
Luigino Dal Maso Centro di Riferimento Oncologico
Fabio Parazzini
Fabio Parazzini University of Milan

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