The Role of Diet in Prognosis among Cancer Survivors: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Dietary Patterns and Diet Interventions
Round 1
Reviewer 1 Report
The paper represents an important contribution to the scientific literature in this area. However, references are missing for several statements in the manuscript text, and this manuscript would also benefit from editing for grammar and style.
Author Response
Dear reviewer,
We are grateful for your helpful comments on our manuscript and very much appreciate your time to review this work.
In response to the first suggestion, we have incorporated a few missed references. The new references are highlighted within the manuscript. On one hand, there are five new references: one in the introduction, and four in the discussion part. These four references provide support to the comment that outlined the biological mechanisms that can be modulated by diet and are linked to cancer. On the other hand, some references already included in our previous list, have been added in the discussion section in order to make the comments more complete.
Finally, following your advice we are submitting the manuscript for extensive English revision to one of the editing services of the journal.
We hope you find the revised manuscript suitable, and we thank you for your interest in our research.
Reviewer 2 Report
This manuscript has not revealed anything that we do not know but the systematic review and metanalysis presented emphasizes the evidence that dietary intervention is beneficial to the cancer patients.
Author Response
Dear reviewer, Often reviews arise from the intuition that something is known, but they are precisely necessary to systematize the available evidence and, when possible, quantitatively synthesize the results. We thank the reviewer for emphasize this. We also thank the reviewer’s good appreciation about the organization and comprehension of our work, its scientific value, and the adequacy of references. Finally, the manuscript has been submitted for an in deep editing for grammar and style.