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Food

Red meat, dairy products may affect breast cancer risk

Among 766 postmenopausal women, the highest red meat eaters had 10 percent less sex hormone-binding globulin, and the highest dairy eaters about 15 percent more total and free estradiol, which has been linked to breast cancer risk. Processed meat, chicken, fish and eggs showed no link.

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Meat, dairy products, sugar may up breast cancer risk - studies

Two studies tie insulin-like growth factor I to breast cancer: French researchers measured higher average serum IGF-I in 44 patients than in 92 controls, 26 versus 20 ng/ml, and a second found top-quartile women 92 percent more likely to be diagnosed, an association seen only in Caucasian women.

Oct 30, 2010

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