TY - JOUR
T1 - Genistein
T2 - Does it prevent or promote breast cancer?
AU - Bouker, Kerrie B.
AU - Hilakivi-Clarke, Leena
PY - 2000
Y1 - 2000
N2 - Diet is estimated to contribute to approximately 50% of all newly diagnosed breast cancers. As such, a search for dietary factors differentially consumed among populations with increased breast cancer risk (e.g., Caucasians) compared to those with low risk (e.g., Asians) has become a priority. One such dietary component, which is typical to the Asian but not the Caucasian diet, is soy. We review data relevant to attempts to determine whether soy, and more specifically genistein, is a dietary component that may help to explain the dramatic disparity in breast cancer risk among these populations.
AB - Diet is estimated to contribute to approximately 50% of all newly diagnosed breast cancers. As such, a search for dietary factors differentially consumed among populations with increased breast cancer risk (e.g., Caucasians) compared to those with low risk (e.g., Asians) has become a priority. One such dietary component, which is typical to the Asian but not the Caucasian diet, is soy. We review data relevant to attempts to determine whether soy, and more specifically genistein, is a dietary component that may help to explain the dramatic disparity in breast cancer risk among these populations.
KW - Antiproliferative effects
KW - Breast cancer
KW - Estrogenic effects
KW - Genistein
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U2 - 10.1289/ehp.00108701
DO - 10.1289/ehp.00108701
M3 - Review article
C2 - 10964789
AN - SCOPUS:0033789914
VL - 108
SP - 701
EP - 708
JO - Environmental Health Perspectives
JF - Environmental Health Perspectives
SN - 0091-6765
IS - 8
ER -