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Fish intake is positively associated with breast cancer incidence rate

Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 15th, 2004

Danish researchers find that higher intakes of fish were significantly associated with higher incidence rates of ER+ breast cancer.

According to published research from Denmark, "Animal studies have, in general, been supportive of a protective effect of fish and fish (n-3) PUFA against breast cancer risk; but the epidemiologic evidence of such a relationship is limited.

"Case-control and cohort studies have rarely shown significant associations. The association between total fish intake and the effect of fat content and preparation method of the fish, in relation to the incidence rate ratios of breast cancer, were investigated among postmenopausal...

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