ECHO 2.0: Post-Diagnosis Dietary Changes in Italian Colorectal Cancer Patients

98 Italian colorectal cancer patients (45 females, 53 males, most aged 65+) completed a survey on changes in food consumption, supplement use, and diet adoption after surgery. Data were collected through the prospective observational ECHO 2.0 study and authored by Greta Caprara. The dataset was last updated on 2026-05-21.

Use Cases

• Analyze reported increases in healthy food consumption (vegetables, fruit, fish) based on survey responses.
• Study the prevalence of nutritional supplement use among cancer survivors based on questionnaire data.
• Investigate patient-provider communication gaps regarding dietary advice based on survey findings.
• Model associations between patient demographics and dietary change adoption based on the 98-subject cohort.

Strengths

• Data from 98 subjects with specific demographic breakdown (45 females, 53 males).
• Focus on a specific patient population (Italian colorectal cancer survivors).
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license.

Limitations

• Dataset is small in scale (690.6 KB), limiting statistical power for complex analyses.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the Italian patient cohort.

Provenance

Source

Greta Caprara via figshare.

Collection Method

Data were collected from 98 subjects through a questionnaire.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-21 04:37:10; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Italy