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12650707

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1-5
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-3-24
pubmed:abstractText
The role of phytoestrogens and consumption of phytoestrogen-rich foods such as soy containing isoflavones and whole grain products with lignans for the prevention of breast cancer is reviewed. It is concluded that soy-containing diet in adult women is not or only slightly protective with regard to breast cancer, but that it may be beneficial if consumed in early life before puberty or during adolescence supporting results of immigrant and epidemiological studies. No negative effects of soy on breast cancer have been observed. On the other hand, a diet low in lignans, resulting in a low plasma enterolactone concentration, increases risk both in a case-control and a prospective study, but some controversial results have also been obtained. Some of these results may be explained by the fact that the determinants of plasma or urinary enterolactone concentration are very different in different countries. In Scandinavia, the main determinants are whole grain cereal food, vegetables and berries. Whether the protective effect is caused by the phytoestrogens in the diet or whether they are only biomarkers of a healthy diet has not been established.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0960-0760
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
83
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
113-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2005-11-16
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Phytoestrogens and breast cancer.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute for Preventive Medicine, Nutrition, and Cancer, Folkhälsan Research Center, and Division of Clinical Chemistry, University of Helsinki, PL 60, Helsinki FIN-00014, Finland. herman.adlercreutz@helsinki.fi
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review