Breast Cancer

Researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital target breast cancer

Published in Health Risk Factor Week, June 24th, 2008

According to recent research published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, "The authors evaluated the association between multivitamin supplement use and breast cancer risk in a completed trial. At baseline (1992-1995), 37,920 US women aged >= 45 years and free of cancer provided detailed information on multivitamin supplement use."

"During an average of 10 years of follow-up, 1,171 cases of invasive breast cancer were documented. Multivitamin use was not significantly associated with overall risk of breast cancer. Compared with the risk for never users, the multivariable relative risks were 0.97 (95% confidence interval: 0.81, 1.16) for past users and...

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Source: Health Risk Factor Week (2008-06-24)

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