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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Breast cancer risk, alcohol intake in Japanese women studied
September 22nd, 2005
A prospective study of breast cancer risk and alcohol intake in Japanese women was recently reported in the International Journal of Cancer. "Epidemiologic evidence is lacking for the association between alcohol consumption and the risk of breast cancer in Japanese women." Investigators from Japan " addressed this association in a prospective cohort study with an average follow-up of 7.6 years." "At baseline (1988-1990), cohort participants completed a self-administered questionnaire that included alcohol use, reproductive history and hormone use," wrote Y. Lin and colleagues." The women were followed up for breast cancer incidence through...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-22)
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