Dietary fat and risk of breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Breast cancer is one of the major public health problems among women worldwide. A number of epidemiological studies have been carried out to find the role of dietary fat and the risk of breast cancer. The main objective of the present communication is to summarize the evidence from various case-control and cohort studies on the consumption of fat and its subtypes and their effect on the development of breast cancer.

Methods

A Pubmed search for literature on the consumption of dietary fat and risk of breast cancer published from January 1990 through December 2003 was carried out.

Results

Increased consumption of total fat and saturated fat were found to be positively associated with the development of breast cancer. Even though an equivocal association was o

SUBMITTER: Binukumar B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1199629 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature