The possible relationship between fibre intake and breast cancer risk has been considered in several studies, but the issue is still unsettled. Epidemiological data are compatible with moderate protection from fibre-rich foods against the risk of breast cancer, but also with an absence of association. The apparently inconsistent results may be due to chance or bias, to different approaches to data analysis and interpretation, but may also reflect heterogeneity in the dietary sources of fibres (cereals or vegetables and fruit) in various populations, and different correlates of fibre intake.
Fibres, whole-grain foods and breast and other cancers / C.V.B. LA VECCHIA, L. Chatenoud. - In: EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER PREVENTION. - ISSN 0959-8278. - 7:suppl. 2(1998 May), pp. S25-S28. ((Intervento presentato al convegno European-Cancer-Prevention-Organization Consensus Meeting on Cereals, Fiber and Colorectal and Breast Cancers tenutosi a Santa Margherita nel 1997.
Fibres, whole-grain foods and breast and other cancers
C.V.B. LA VECCHIAPrimo
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1998
Abstract
The possible relationship between fibre intake and breast cancer risk has been considered in several studies, but the issue is still unsettled. Epidemiological data are compatible with moderate protection from fibre-rich foods against the risk of breast cancer, but also with an absence of association. The apparently inconsistent results may be due to chance or bias, to different approaches to data analysis and interpretation, but may also reflect heterogeneity in the dietary sources of fibres (cereals or vegetables and fruit) in various populations, and different correlates of fibre intake.
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