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Salvatore Sciacca

Researcher at University of Catania

Publications -  79
Citations -  3008

Salvatore Sciacca is an academic researcher from University of Catania. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Population. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 74 publications receiving 2305 citations. Previous affiliations of Salvatore Sciacca include Syracuse University.

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Possible role of diet in cancer: systematic review and multiple meta-analyses of dietary patterns, lifestyle factors, and cancer risk.

TL;DR: The most convincing evidence supported an association between healthy dietary patterns and decreased risk of colon and breast cancer, especially in postmenopausal, hormone receptor‐negative women, and an associations between unhealthy dietary patternsand increased risk of Colon cancer.
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Heavy metals concentrations in fish and shellfish from eastern Mediterranean Sea: consumption advisories.

TL;DR: Arsenic target hazard quotient (THQ) values, suggest that human should minimizing meals/week of analyzed species to avoid deleterious effect during lifetime, and with As cancer risk assessment, for most of the fish, the risk for cancer is greater than the acceptable lifetime risk of 10(-5).
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Heavy Metals Concentrations in Fish from Sicily (Mediterranean Sea) and Evaluation of Possible Health Risks to Consumers

TL;DR: Although some metals concentrations exceed the limits set by the European regulation, the estimated weekly intake was below the Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intake established by theEuropean Food and Safety Authority, and the Target Hazard Quotient values indicate that there is no carcinogenic risk for humans.