Increased childhood acute leukemia risk with cured foods

Cured meat, vegetables, and bean-curd foods in relation to childhood acute leukemia risk: a population based case-control study.

Dietary exposure to cured/smoked meat and fish may be associated with leukemia risk through their contents of nitrites and nitrosamines among children and adolescents, and intake of vegetables and soy-bean curd may be protective.

BMC Cancer. 2009 Jan 13;9:15.