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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Vitamin D, calcium intakes are related to lower mammographic density
December 15th, 2005
Higher vitamin D and calcium intakes are related to lower mammographic density in premenopausal women, but not in postmenopausal women. "A better understanding of factors that affect breast density, one of the strongest breast cancer risk indicators, may provide important clues about breast cancer etiology and prevention," scientists in Canada remarked. They conducted a study "to evaluate the association of vitamin D and calcium, from food and/or supplements, to breast density in premenopausal and postmenopausal women separately." "A total of 777 premenopausal and 783 postmenopausal women recruited at two radiology clinics in Quebec City, Canada, in...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-15)
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