Circulating Carotenoids and Risk of Breast Cancer: Pooled Analysis of Eight Prospective Studies
Author(s) -
A. Heather Eliassen,
Sara Hendrickson,
Louise A. Brinton,
Julie E. Buring,
Hannia Campos,
Qi Dai,
Joanne F. Dorgan,
Adrian A. Franke,
YuTang Gao,
Marc T. Goodman,
Göran Hallmans,
Kathy J. Helzlsouer,
Judy Hoffman-Bolton,
Kerstin Hultén,
Howard D. Sesso,
Anne L. Sowell,
Rulla M. Tamimi,
Paolo Toniolo,
Lynne R. Wilkens,
Anna Winkvist,
Anne ZeleniuchJacquotte,
Wei Zheng,
Susan E. Hankinson
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
jnci journal of the national cancer institute
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.797
H-Index - 356
eISSN - 1460-2105
pISSN - 0027-8874
DOI - 10.1093/jnci/djs461
Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , carotenoid , relative risk , zeaxanthin , prospective cohort study , lutein , confidence interval , cohort , population , cohort study , cancer , biology , food science , environmental health
Carotenoids, micronutrients in fruits and vegetables, may reduce breast cancer risk. Most, but not all, past studies of circulating carotenoids and breast cancer have found an inverse association with at least one carotenoid, although the specific carotenoid has varied across studies.
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