Nut consumption in association with overall mortality and recurrence/disease-specific mortality among long-term breast cancer survivors.

ABSTRACT: High nut consumption is associated with reduced total and certain cause-specific mortality in general populations. However, its association with cancer outcomes among long-term breast cancer survivors remains unknown. We examined the associations of nut consumption (including peanuts and tree nuts), assessed at 5-year postdiagnosis, with overall survival (OS) and disease-free survival (DFS) among 3449 long-term breast cancer survivors from the Shanghai Breast Cancer Survival Study, applying Cox regression analysis. During a median follow-up of 8.27 years post dietary assessment, there were 374 deaths, including 252 breast cancer deaths. Among 3274 survivors without previous recurrence at the dietary assessment, 209 developed breast cancer-specific events, that is, recurrence, metastasis or

SUBMITTER: Wang C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678210 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature