New study links supplement use to lower breast cancer risk
Encouraging findings from a new large population-based study, reported in the journal BMC Cancer*, have strengthened the case for supplementation of antioxidants in preventative health. The results demonstrate a clear association between long-term consumption of antioxidants and reduced breast cancer risk.
The new research, from Canada, links supplementation of zinc in premenopausal women, and supplementation of multiple vitamin, beta-carotene, vitamin C, vitamin E and zinc in postmenopausal women for 10 or more years with a lower risk of developing breast cancer. Those who had supplemented zinc for 10 years or longer were found to have less than half the risk of premenopausal and postmenopausal breast cancer, compared with participants who did not take any supplements.
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*"Antioxidants and breast cancer risk - a population-based case-control study in Canada," Pan SY, Zhou J, et al, BMC Cancer. 2011 Aug 24; 11(1): 372.
The Canadian researchers examined the supplement consumption behaviour of 4,824 pre- and post-menopausal women, half of whom had confirmed cases of breast cancer and half who were cancer-free controls participants, to look for any statistically significant patterns. Self-reported questionnaires established intakes of antioxidants from diet and from supplementation, as well as other potential risk factors for breast cancer.
