Assertion: iodine | /r/CapableOf | prevent breast cancer
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text: Animal studies show that iodine prevents breast cancer, arguing for a causal association in these epidemiological findings.
text: Those given iodine, especially in its molecular form as I 2 , have a statistically significant decrease in the incidence of cancer.4 Other evidence adding biologic plausibility to the hypothesis that iodine prevents breast cancer includes the finding that the ductal cells in the breast, the ones most likely to become cancerous, are equipped with an iodine pump (the sodium iodine symporter, the same one that the thyroid gland has) to soak up this element.5