Red Meat Implicated in Higher Cancer Risk
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Contributed by Lisa Olen| 14 November, 2006 04:47 GMT
Consumption of red meat such as beef may be linked to higher risk of developing hormone receptor-positive breast cancer in premenopausal women, suggests a report published in the
Archives of Internal Medicine.
Most breast cancers are hormone receptor-positive, the study authors note, meaning they are fueled by higher levels of estrogen or progesterone.
The researchers analyzed the data of 90,659 women who participated in the Nurses' Health Study II.
They found that the women who consumed more than one and a half servings of red meat daily had nearly twice the risk of hormone receptor-positive breast cancer than those who ate three servings a week or less.
Hormones given to livestock are often present in red meat, the study notes. |
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