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This section collects and analyses some of the most common myths and legends related to food and cancer treatment, explaining whether they are well-founded or have no firm scientific basis to support them. For the elaboration of this section a bibliographic review of scientific studies published in recent years, the declarations of existing official food safety bodies, both national and international, such as the ACSA (Catalan Food Safety Agency), the AECOSAN (Spanish Agency for Consumer Affairs, Food Safety and Nutrition of the Spanish Ministry of Health); the EFSA (European Food Safety Agency); the FDA (United States Food and Drug Administration), and the WHO (World Health Organisation) have been taken into account. The recommendations of different institutes, societies and associations specialised in research and dissemination of information on cancer prevention and treatment have also been considered for this section.
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