A review and meta-analysis of red and processed meat consumption and breast cancer

DD Alexander, LM Morimoto, PJ Mink… - Nutrition research …, 2010 - cambridge.org
The relationship between meat consumption and breast cancer has been the focus of
several epidemiological investigations, yet there has been no clear scientific consensus as …

Dairy products and breast cancer: the IGF-I, estrogen, and bGH hypothesis

JL Outwater, A Nicholson, N Barnard - Medical Hypotheses, 1997 - Elsevier
Research on the role of dietary factors in breast cancer causation has focused
predominantly on fat intake. While some studies have examined associations between …

The possible role of female sex hormones in milk from pregnant cows in the development of breast, ovarian and corpus uteri cancers

D Ganmaa, A Sato - Medical hypotheses, 2005 - Elsevier
The continued increase in incidence of some hormone-related cancers worldwide is of great
concern. Although estrogen-like substances in the environment were blamed for this …

Diet and the risk of breast cancer in Spain

MC Landa, N Frago, A Tres - European Journal of Cancer Prevention, 1994 - JSTOR
A case–control study of the role of diet in the cause of breast cancer was conducted between
1988 and 1991 in Navarra, North Spain; 100 women with breast cancer and 100 hospital …

Dietary factors and the risk of breast cancer

C La Vecchia, A Decarli, S Franceschi, A Gentile… - 1987 - Taylor & Francis
We evaluated the risk of breast cancer in relation to the frequency of consumption of a few
selected dietary items. Data were used from a case‐control study of 1,108 histologically …

Critical appraisal of the evidence that dietary fat intake is related to breast cancer risk in humans

PJ Goodwin, NF Boyd - Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 1987 - academic.oup.com
A critical appraisal was undertaken of the evidence that dietary fat intake is related to breast
cancer risk by application of the criteria for causal inference proposed by Bradford Hill to the …

General epidemiology of breast cancer in Northern Italy

CLA VECCHIA, A DECARLI… - International journal …, 1987 - academic.oup.com
The role of the major identified risk factors for breast cancer was assessed using data from a
hospital-based case-control study conducted in Northern Italy on 1108 women with …

Attributable risks for breast cancer in Italy: education, family history and reproductive and hormonal factors

A Tavani, C Braga, C La Vecchia… - … journal of cancer, 1997 - Wiley Online Library
The percent population attributable risk (AR) for breast cancer was estimated in relation to
education, family history of the disease and some reproductive and hormonal factors, using …

The experience of Japan as a clue to the etiology of breast and ovarian cancers: relationship between death from both malignancies and dietary practices

XM Li, D Ganmaa, A Sato - Medical Hypotheses, 2003 - Elsevier
Although breast and ovarian cancers are rare in Japan compared with other developed
countries, the death rates for both are increasing. In Japan, dramatic lifestyle changes …

Alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer in women

C La Vecchia, A Decarli, S Franceschi… - Journal of the …, 1985 - academic.oup.com
The relationship between breast cancer and alcoholic beverage consumption was
investigated in a case-control study of 437 women with breast cancer and 437 age-matched …