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Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2011, 1, 25-30 OJOG doi:10.4236/ojog.2011.12006 Published Online June 2011 (http://www.SciRP.org/journal/ojog/). Dietary patterns and risk of cervical cancer: a case-control study in Uruguay Eduardo De Stefani1 1 1 2 1 , Gisele Acosta , Hugo Deneo-Pellegrini , Alvaro L. Ronco , María Mendilaharsu , Gabriel Landó1 1 1 , María E. Luaces , Cecilia Silva 1Epidemiology Group, Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Montevideo, Uruguay; 2Department of Epidemiology and Statistics, University of Maldonado, Maldonado, Uruguay. Email: edestefani@ Received 5 May 2011; revised 30 May 2011; accepted 10 June 2011. ABSTRACT tobacco smoke has been considered a potential carcino- gen in cervical cancer. In the time period 1996-2004, a case-control study on The role of the diet has been examined in a rather diet and cervical cancer was conducted at the Na- small number of studies and the consistency of the find- tional Cancer Institute in Uruguay. The study in- ings is limited [3,5]. In a monograph by the World Can- cluded 268 cases and 536 controls with non-neoplas- cer Research Fund [5] carrots have been suggested as a tic diseases. The foods and beverages in the food- possible protective vegetable, but aside from this finding, frequency questionnaire were included in a factor little else is known about the role that diet plays in cer- analytic model.