Journal article
Dietary lignan intakes and risk of pre- and postmenopausal breast cancer.
Abstract
Lignans are plant compounds metabolized in the mammalian gut to produce the phytoestrogens enterolactone and enterodiol. Because estrogens have been linked to breast cancer etiology, lignans could affect breast cancer risk through modulation of endogenous estrogen metabolism or competitive inhibition with estrogen receptors. We examined breast cancer risk and dietary lignan intake in a population-based case-control study of 1,122 women with …
Authors
McCann SE; Muti P; Vito D; Edge SB; Trevisan M; Freudenheim JL
Journal
Int J Cancer, Vol. 111, No. 3, pp. 440–443
Publication Date
September 1, 2004
DOI
10.1002/ijc.20262
ISSN
0020-7136