Adherence to cancer prevention recommendations is associated with a lower breast cancer risk in black urban South African women.

ABSTRACT: Breast cancer prevention is of great importance to reduce high incidence in South Africa. This study aimed to investigate adherence to the 2018 World Cancer Research Fund/American Institute for Cancer Research (WCRF/AICR) Cancer Prevention Recommendations and the association with breast cancer risk in black urban women from Soweto, South Africa. A total of 396 breast cancer cases and 396 population-based controls from the South African Breast Cancer study (SABC) matched on age and demographic settings were included. Validated questionnaires were used to collect dietary and epidemiological data. To assess adherence to these recommendations, an eight-point adherence score was developed, using tertiles among controls for scoring each recommendation (0, 0·5 and 1) with zero indicating the lowe

SUBMITTER: Jacobs I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8908012 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature