What is the relationship between aspartame and cancer by racial group?

Riverside Cancer Care Center

Researchers examined the relationship between aspartame and lymphoma, leukemia, and malignant brain cancers by different races and age groups and also in men and women separately, and found no difference from the overall finding. However, it should be noted that the study included older adults who were mostly whites.

This answer is based on source information from the National Cancer Institute.

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