Antioxidant vitamins could lower the breast cancer risk in Korean women.

2003 NOV 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Antioxidant vitamins could lower the breast cancer risk in Korean women.

"To investigate association between breast cancer risk and nutrient intake in Korean women, a case-control study was carried out, at Seoul, Korea. Incident cases (n=224) were identified through the cancer biopsy between February 1999 and December 2000 at two University hospitals in Seoul," researchers in South Korea report.

"Hospital-based controls (n=250) were selected from patients in the same hospitals, during the same periods. Food intake was investigated by semiquantitative frequency questionnaire (98 items) by trained dietitians. Subjects were asked to indicate the average food intake and vitamin supplement for a 12-month period of 3 years prior to the baseline phase," wrote M.H. Do and colleagues, Hanyang University, College of Human Ecology.

"In the investigation of vitamin supplement use, subjects were asked the average frequency of use, duration, dose, and the brand name of vitamin supplement (multivitamins, vitamin A, vitamin C and vitamin E). Nutrients were calorie adjusted by the residuals method," the researchers wrote.

"In this study, higher breast cancer risk incidence was not observed with higher intake of total fat and saturated fatty acids, however statistically significant ...