Dietary fiber intake and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer defined by estrogen and progesterone receptor status - A prospective cohort study among Swedish women

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 403-412

  Suzuki, Reiko ^a   Rylander Rudqvist, Tove ^a   Ye, Weimin ^a   Saji, Shigehira ^b   Adlercreutz, Herman ^c   Wolk, Alicja ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN KOMAGOME HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dietary fiber; Estrogen receptor; Progesterone receptor; Risk

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURSE EVALUATION; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HIGH FIBER DIET; HUMAN; MAMMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK; SWEDEN;

EID: 36849077364     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.23060     Document Type: Article

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