Diet and Breast Cancer: Can Dietary Factors Influence Survival?

Journal of Mammary Gland Biology and Neoplasia

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 119-132

  Rock, Cheryl L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Nutrition; Survival; WHEL study

Indexed keywords

CAROTENOID; FAT; RETINOID; SEX HORMONE;

BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY INTAKE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FIBER; FRUIT; HUMAN; LIPID DIET; META ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDIZATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VEGETABLE;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE;

EID: 1642482684     PISSN: 10833021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1025791523375     Document Type: Review

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