Breast Cancer Risk Factors

Research from Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research in breast cancer risk factors provides new insights

Published in Clinical Oncology Week, November 6th, 2006

Current study results from the report, "Intervention with a low-fat, high-carbohydrate diet does not influence the timing of menopause," have been published. According to a study from Toronto, Canada, "Later age at menopause is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer. Dietary factors may at least partially influence breast cancer risk through an effect on the age at menopause."

"We studied the effect of a low-fat, high-carbohydrate (LFHC) dietary intervention on the timing of menopause in women with greater risk of breast cancer. The study population included participants from an LFHC dietary intervention trial for the prevention of breast cancer in women with...

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