Vegetable and fruit consumption and the risk of hormone receptor–defined breast cancer in the EPIC cohort

• Published in: The American journal of clinical nutrition Vol. 103; no. 1; pp. 168 - 177
• Main Authors: Emaus, Marleen J, Peeters, Petra HM, Bakker, Marije F, Overvad, Kim, Tjønneland, Anne, Olsen, Anja, Romieu, Isabelle, Ferrari, Pietro, Dossus, Laure, Boutron-Ruault, Marie Christine, Baglietto, Laura, Fortner, Renée T, Kaaks, Rudolf, Boeing, Heiner, Trichopoulou, Antonia, Lagiou, Pagona, Trichopoulos, Dimitrios, Masala, Giovanna, Pala, Valeria, Panico, Salvatore, Tumino, Rosario, Polidoro, Silvia, Skeie, Guri, Lund, Eiliv, Weiderpass, Elisabete, Quirós, J Ramón, Travier, Noémie, Sánchez, María-José, Chirlaque, Maria-Dolores, Ardanaz, Eva, Dorronsoro, Miren, Winkvist, Anna, Wennberg, Maria, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas, Khaw, Kay-Tee, Travis, Ruth C, Key, Timothy J, Aune, Dagfinn, Gunter, Marc, Riboli, Elio, van Gils, Carla H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States American Society for Clinical Nutrition, Inc 01.01.2016
• Subjects: Adult; Breast cancer; breast neoplasms; Breast Neoplasms - metabolism; Breast Neoplasms - prevention & control; Diet; estrogen receptor; estrogens; Feeding Behavior; Female; females; Folkhälsovetenskap, global hälsa och socialmedicin; Fruit; fruit consumption; fruit products; Fruits; Health Sciences; Humans; Hälsovetenskap; Middle Aged; Nutrition and Dietetics; Nutrition research; Näringslära och dietkunskap; progesterone receptor; progesterone receptors; Proportional Hazards Models; Prospective Studies; Public Health, Global Health and Social Medicine; questionnaires; Receptors, Estrogen - metabolism; Receptors, Progesterone - metabolism; Risk Factors; steroid hormones; vegetable consumption; Vegetables; breast cancer; estrogen receptor; progesterone receptor; vegetables; fruit
• ISSN: 0002-9165; 1938-3207; 1938-3207
• DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.101436

The recent literature indicates that a high vegetable intake and not a high fruit intake could be associated with decreased steroid hormone receptor-negative breast cancer risk. This study aimed to investigate the association between vegetable and fruit intake and steroid hormone receptor-defined br...