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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2006 98(7):430-431; doi:10.1093/jnci/djj128
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© The Author 2006. Published by Oxford University Press.

EDITORIAL

Soy and Breast Cancer: The Controversy Continues

María Elena Martínez, Cynthia A. Thomson, Stephanie A. Smith-Warner

Affiliations of authors: Arizona Cancer Center, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (MEM, CAT); Mel and Enid Zuckerman Arizona College of Public Health, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ (MEM); Department of Nutrition, College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson (CAT); Departments of Nutrition and Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA (SAS-W)

Correspondence to: María Elena Martínez, PhD, University of Arizona, Arizona Cancer Center, P.O. Box 245024, Tucson, AZ 85724 (e-mail: emartinez@azcc.arizona.edu).

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Given that there are few modifiable risk factors for breast cancer, identifying cost-effective, acceptable dietary changes that can reduce breast cancer risk is of tremendous importance. In this issue of the Journal, Trock and colleagues (1) took on the remarkable challenge of quantifying the association between soy intake and breast cancer risk from the published literature. We commend the authors for tackling this complex and controversial, yet highly important, issue.

Although there is much interest in gaining a better understanding of the relationship between soy consumption and the risk of breast . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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