Diet and risk of breast cancer: major findings from an Italian case-control study.
A large case-control study (2,569 women with breast cancer and 2,588 control women) carried out in Italy between 1991 and 1994 permits elucidation of breast cancer risk in relation to dietary patterns in a southern European population. Major findings include direct associations with the intake of bread and cereal dishes, sugar, and pork meat, and inverse associations with the intake of vegetable oils, raw vegetables, fish, beta-carotene, vitamin E, and calcium.
Servizio di Epidemiologia, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, PN, Italy.
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D001939:Bread; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology*; D002118:Calcium; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D004032:Diet; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D002523:Edible Grain; D005060:Europe; D005260:Female; D005399:Fishes; D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D008019:Life Style; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D010938:Plant Oils; D012307:Risk Factors; D013552:Swine; D014810:Vitamin E; D019207:beta Carotene
D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D010938:Plant Oils; D019207:beta Carotene; D014810:Vitamin E; D002118:Calcium