Antioxidants and breast cancer

Authors
McKeown, N
Citation
N. Mckeown, Antioxidants and breast cancer, NUTR REV, 57(10), 1999, pp. 321-324
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Food Science/Nutrition","Endocrinology, Nutrition & Metabolism
Journal title
NUTRITION REVIEWS
ISSN journal
00296643 → ACNP
Volume
57
Issue
10
Year of publication
1999
Pages
321 - 324
Database
ISI
SICI code
0029-6643(199910)57:10<321:AABC>2.0.ZU;2-L
Abstract
A recent prospective study found that consumption of fruits and vegetables high in specific carotenoids and vitamins reduced breast cancer risk among premenopausal women. This observed protection might not be due to the antic arcinogenic mechanism of a single nutrient Further prospective studies rela ting blood and dietary micronutrients to breast cancer risk are warranted.