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Breast Cancer Prevention
Modifying eating habits may be more cancer-protective than adopting new diet pattern
February 23rd, 2006
Modifying lifelong eating habits may be more cancer protective than adopting a foreign diet pattern. According to a report from scientists at the University of Gottingen, "Worldwide, each year approximately one million women are newly diagnosed with breast cancer (BC), in Germany 65 new cases per 100,000 inhabitants are registered yearly. The fact that incidence has been rising in parallel with economic development indicates that environmental factors might play a role in the causation of BC." "Migrational data have pointed to nutrition as one of the more relevant external factors involved," stated V. Hanf and U. Gonder. "Preventive dietary advice...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-23)
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