BREAST
CANCER - for Program Managers and Coalition
Members
What
do we know about diet and breast cancer?
The
Panel concludes (Chapter 7.10, pages
289-295):
The evidence that
lactation protects against breast cancer
at all ages thereafter is convincing.
Physical activity probably protects
against postmenopausal breast cancer,
and there is limited evidence suggesting
that it protects against premenopausal
breast cancer. The evidence that alcoholic
drinks are a cause of breast cancer
at all ages is convincing. The evidence
that the factors that lead to greater
attained adult height or its consequences
are a cause of postmenopausal breast
cancer is convincing; these are probably
a cause of premenopausal breast cancer.
The factors that
lead to greater birth weight or its
consequences are probably a cause of
breast cancer diagnosed premenopause.
Adult weight gain is probably a cause
of postmenopausal breast cancer. The
evidence that body fatness is a cause
of postmenopausal breast cancer is
convincing, and abdominal body fatness
is probably a cause of this cancer.
On the other hand, body fatness probably
protects against breast cancer diagnosed
premenopause. There is limited evidence
suggesting that total dietary fat is
a cause of postmenopausal breast cancer.
Source: Second
Expert Report: Food, Nutrition,
Physical Activity, and the Prevention
of Cancer: a Global Perspective. World
Cancer Research Fund / American
Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR),
Washington DC: AICR, 2007. 537
Pages. Note: PDF file of the complete
report is 12 MB in size. More about
this report can be found on the
“diet” link [or some other name
later] of this website. To download
the entire report (pdf 12MB) please
click here.
• To download a summary of the report
(16 pages, pdf 1.2MB) please
click here • To download the report’s summary
in other languages than English (WCRF
website), please
click here
MedlinePlus
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