Effects of a high-fiber, low-fat diet intervention on serum concentrations of reproductive steroid hormones in women with a history of breast cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2379-2387

  Rock, Cheryl L ^a   Flatt, Shirley W ^a   Thomson, Cynthia A ^a   Stefanick, Marcia L ^a   Newman, Vicky A ^a   Jones, Lovell A ^a   Natarajan, Loki ^a   Ritenbaugh, Cheryl ^a   Hollenbach, Kathryn A ^a   Pierce, John P ^a   Chang, R Jeffrey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANDROSTENEDIONE; ESTRADIOL; ESTRONE SULFATE; FOLLITROPIN; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; STEROID HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH FIBER DIET; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LOW FAT DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VEGETABLE; BLOOD; BREAST TUMOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DIETARY FIBER; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY FIBER; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; VEGETABLES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 2942702183     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2004.09.025     Document Type: Article

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