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# Soy Products Improve Survival in Women with Lung Cancer
- URL: https://www.foodconsumer.org/soybeans_lung_cancer_0327130556/
- Published: 2013-03-27T18:43:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T13:53:16.000Z
- Description: Among 444 women diagnosed with lung cancer in the Shanghai Women's Health Study, those who had eaten the most soy products before diagnosis cut their risk of dying by nearly half compared with those who ate the least.
- Author: Food Consumer
- Tags: Nutrition, #vivvo-import

Soy products can improve survival from lung cancer, according to a new study published in the *Journal of Clinical Oncology*. In the Shanghai Women’s Health Study, 444 women were diagnosed with lung cancer. Researchers examined the women’s diets before and after their cancer diagnosis. Those who ate the most soy products cut their risk of dying by nearly half, compared with women who ate the least amount of soy.

Previous studies have shown that soy products reduce the risk of developing lung cancer, and have a similar ability to reduce the risk of breast and prostate cancer.

Yang G, Shu XO, Li HL, et al. Prediagnosis Soy Food Consumption and Lung Cancer Survival in Women. *J Clin Oncol*. Published online on March 25, 2013.

Yang G, Shu XO, Chow WH, et al. Soy food intake and risk of lung cancer: evidence from the Shanghai Women's Health Study and a meta-analysis. *Am J Epidemiol*. 2012;176:846-855.

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