A study of dietary factors in 133 breast cancer cases and 289 controls concluded that a low intake of fat and a high intake of dietary fibre and fermented milk products may provide substantial protection against breast cancer. Evidence has accumulated for over three decades associating avoidable exposure to environmental and occupational cancer-causing chemicals to the escalating rate of breast cancer in the western world. Environmental and occupational pollutants are avoidable causes of breast cancer. Evidence on the risks of breast cancer imposed by silicone implants has been withheld from the public by industry and plastic surgeons. Implanted women should be given a medical alert.
Implants pose poorly recognized risks of breast cancer.
Fatty acids in breast tissue were analysed in breast cancer patients and controls. It is concluded that oily fish consumption may be protective against breast cancer in older women. Fatty acid composition of breast adipose tissue in breast cancer patients and in patients with benign breast disease. A study using data from 66 countries to identify the most important predictors of breast cancer found that death due to breast cancer was most strongly associated with the consumption of large amounts of meat and animal products. The risk was found to be significantly higher among women currently using oestrogen alone or oestrogen plus progestin, compared with those who had never used hormones.