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Published in: Breast Cancer Research 1/1999

01-12-1999 | Paper Report

Soya foods and breast cancer risk

Author: Emily Banks

Published in: Breast Cancer Research | Issue 1/1999

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Exposure to high levels of endogenous and exogenous oestrogen has been shown to increase the risk of breast cancer. It has been postulated that a high dietary intake of soya foods, which are rich in precursors of the isoflavones daidzein and genistein, might reduce breast cancer risk through interfering with the action of endogenous oestrogen. …
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go back to reference Key TJ, Sharp GB, Appleby PN, Beral V, Goodman MT, Soda M, Mabuchi K: Soya foods and breast cancer risk: a prospective study in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Br J Cancer. 1999, 81: 1248-1256.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral Key TJ, Sharp GB, Appleby PN, Beral V, Goodman MT, Soda M, Mabuchi K: Soya foods and breast cancer risk: a prospective study in Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan. Br J Cancer. 1999, 81: 1248-1256.CrossRefPubMedPubMedCentral
Metadata
Title
Soya foods and breast cancer risk
Author
Emily Banks
Publication date
01-12-1999
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
Breast Cancer Research / Issue 1/1999
Electronic ISSN: 1465-542X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr-1999-66623

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