It is suspected that diet influences the risk of getting breast cancer. A study of diet and breast
cancer was done among 200 Singapore Chinese women with histologically confirmed …

Background The association between risk of breast cancer and dietary fat and intakes of
other energy sources remains controversial. The Italian population offers special …

Background Phyto-oestrogens are a group of naturally occurring chemicals derived from
plants; they have a structure similar to oestrogen, and form part of our diet. They also have …

A case-control study was conducted in Italy to investigate the role of diet in breast cancer.
Cases were 250 women with breast cancer, and controls were a stratified random sample of …

Diet-related factors are thought to account for about 30% of cancers in developed countries.
Obesity increases the risk of cancers in the oesophagus, colorectum, breast, endometrium …

Factors that increase the risk of cancer during adult life may also increase the risk of cancer
when they act in utero (eg, ionising radiation and diethylstilboestrol in human beings and …

As part of a case‐control study in northern Alberta, Canada, 577 women aged 30–80 with
breast cancer diagnosed during 1976–77 and a population‐based agestratified random …

Epidemiologic evidence on the relation between nutrition and breast cancer is reviewed.
After several decades of study, many aspects of the role of diet in breast cancer etiology are …

Breast cancer is the commonest cause of cancer death in women worldwide. Rates vary
about five-fold around the world, but they are increasing in regions that until recently had low …

Breast-cancer incidence and mortality rates in different countries were found to be correlated
with height, weight and age at menarche, all of which have been identified as risk factors in …