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Record W4412399585 · doi:10.12775/qs.2025.43.61424

The Gluten-free diet and oncological prevention – the importance of a conscious lifestyle for physically active people – A Literature Review

2025· review· en· W4412399585 on OpenAlex

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Bibliographic record

VenueQuality in Sport · 2025
Typereview
Languageen
FieldBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
TopicNutrition, Genetics, and Disease
Canadian institutionsOptech (Canada)
Fundersnot available
KeywordsGluten freeMedicineLifestyle modificationPhysical activityGerontologyGlutenPsychologyFood sciencePhysical therapyInternal medicineChemistryPathologyObesity

Abstract

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Introduction:Celiac disease is a chronic autoimmune disorder triggered by gluten ingestion in genetically predisposed individuals. If untreated, it leads to villous atrophy, chronic inflammation, and immune dysfunction. Studies show that active, untreated celiac disease increases cancer risk, particularly for lymphomas and gastrointestinal malignancies. The only effective treatment is a gluten-free diet. Recent research also suggests that regular physical activity may help modulate inflammation and boost immunity, potentially lowering cancer risk in autoimmune conditions like celiac disease. Aim of the Study: This review examines whether celiac patients are more prone to cancer and how a gluten-free diet modifies this risk. It focuses on cancers commonly linked to celiac disease—lymphomas, small intestine, esophageal, and hormone-related cancers—based on epidemiological, clinical, and pathophysiological studies. Materials and Methods: This review analyzes recent scientific literature, including cohort studies and meta-analyses, on the link between celiac disease and cancer. Increased risks are most evident for enteropathy-associated T-cell lymphoma, small intestine adenocarcinoma, and esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Risk factors include chronic mucosal inflammation and immune dysregulation, especially before diagnosis or in those not adhering to dietary guidelines. Conclusions:A gluten-free diet is crucial for symptom control and cancer prevention, promoting mucosal healing and immune normalization. Long-term adherence significantly lowers cancer risk, often to general population levels. While data on stomach and colon cancer remain mixed, no elevated risk is seen in compliant patients. Interestingly, hormone-related cancers (e.g., breast, ovarian) may be less common, possibly due to altered hormone levels. Importantly, regular physical activity offers added protection by reducing inflammation and improving immune function.

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Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. Learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and 10,348 direct Gemma labels. Candidate is the union of thresholded teacher heads; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels or direct frontier model labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.001
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.001
Version: codex-gemma-dda1882f352aValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Not applicable · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Review · Consensus signal: Review
Teacher disagreement score0.911
Threshold uncertainty score0.552

Codex and Gemma teacher scores by category

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0010.001
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0010.000
Bibliometrics0.0000.000
Science and technology studies0.0000.000
Scholarly communication0.0000.000
Open science0.0000.000
Research integrity0.0000.000
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0000.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.020
GPT teacher head0.380
Teacher spread0.360 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it