Breast Cancer Risk in Premenopausal Women Is Inversely Associated with Consumption of Broccoli, a Source of Isothiocyanates, but Is Not Modified by GST Genotype

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1134-1138

  Ambrosone, Christine B ^a   McCann, Susan E ^a   Freudenheim, Jo L ^b   Marshall, James R ^a   Zhang, Yueshang ^a   Shields, Peter G ^c  

^a ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cruciferous vegetables; Glutathione S transferases; Isothiocyanates; Women

Indexed keywords

GLUTATHIONE TRANSFERASE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BROCCOLI; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; VEGETABLE;

BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS;

EID: 2442587889     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/134.5.1134     Document Type: Article

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