Published in:
01-05-2008 | Oral presentation
Dietary patterns across the life course, mammographic density and implications for breast cancer: results from a British prospective cohort
Authors:
G Mishra, I dos Santos Silva, S McNaughton, V McCormack, R Hardy, A Stephen, D Kuh
Published in:
Breast Cancer Research
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Special Issue 2/2008
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Excerpt
Previous epidemiological studies have investigated the relationship between individual nutrients such as vitamin D and vitamin B
12 and mammographic density, a strong marker of breast cancer risk [
1], with varied results. There has been limited research on overall dietary patterns and most studies have focused on adult dietary patterns [
2]. We examine prospective data to determine whether dietary patterns from childhood to adult life affect mammographic density. …