Mediterranean Diet and Breast Density in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study

Tseng, Marilyn; Sellers, Thomas A.; Vierkant, Robert A.; Kushi, Lawrence H.; Vachon, Celine M.

doi:10.1080/01635580802233991

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“…Current smokers also demonstrated lower breast density in relation to intake of the salad-pasta-grain pattern [31], consistent with lower estrogen levels in smokers [32]. In a second ana lysis in this same cohort using a categorization of diet patterns as Mediterranean (vs other), smokers again demonstrated reduced breast density related to the Mediterranean dietary pattern, yet breast density was not associated with Mediterranean diet pattern overall [33]. In a separate ana lysis conducted in 1250 Hawaiian women within the multiethnic cohort (MEC) three definitive dietary patterns were identified based on factor ana lysis and goodness of fit models.…”

Section: Dietary Patterns Definedsupporting

confidence: 61%

Dietary Patterns, Risk and Prognosis of Breast Cancer

Thomson

Thompson

2009

Future Oncol.

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Survival in women diagnosed with early-stage, invasive breast cancer has improved dramatically in the past 10-15 years. This is largely due to the use of pharmacological therapies targeting a reduction in estrogen action and exposure. Women diagnosed with breast cancer often alter their eating behavior towards healthier food choices in an attempt to improve their survival and their overall health and well being. Mounting interest in the role of diet to modify breast cancer survival and/or comorbidity and mortality has led researchers to evaluate the effects of differential dietary patterns on this disease. Current findings suggest a possible, but inconsistent, benefit of a prudent, vegetable-rich, low-fat/high-vegetable eating pattern on disease-free survival, but the results to date are limited by strong treatment effectiveness and low overall recurrence rates. It is more likely this prudent eating pattern will improve non-breast cancer mortality (e.g., cardiovascular disease) compared with a Western dietary pattern. Efforts to educate women diagnosed with breast cancer to consume a diet lower in total and saturated fat, higher in vegetables and fiber, and which results in mild to modest weight loss among overweight/obese women is sensible in light of the high survivability of breast cancer and need to direct attention to comorbidities that likely increase as a consequence of treatment and treatment-related weight gain and sedentary behavior. Additional research is needed to address the importance of diet in the breast cancer patient, particularly in relation to the effect of select dietary patterns on factors that influence individual recurrence risk (e.g., hormone levels, drug metabolism and oxidative stress), as well as factors that influence non-breast cancer morbidity risk and causes of death in the survivor population.

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Section: Dietary Patterns Definedsupporting

confidence: 61%

Dietary Patterns, Risk and Prognosis of Breast Cancer

Thomson

Thompson

2009

Future Oncol.

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“…Group 1 contained 11 studies (17)(18)(19)(20)(21)(22)(23)(24)(25)(26)(27), with a total of 61,229 subjects (of which 87.6% came from one study; ref. 25), that used quantitative methods, either computer assisted or visual estimation, to measure PBD in mammograms and used the continuous measures of PBD generated by these methods in the analysis of the association with alcohol consumption.…”

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“…Alcohol intake was expressed variously as g/day (17,24,25,27,29,34), no alcohol use versus alcohol use times/year (19), servings/week (20), drinks/week (21-23) g/week (26,30), drinks/month (28), and tertiles of intake (35).…”

Section: Measurement Of Alcohol Consumptionmentioning

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The Association between Alcohol Consumption and Breast Density: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Ziembicki

Zhu

Tse

et al. 2017

Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers &Amp; Prevention

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Background: Percent breast density (PBD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer that is influenced by several other risk factors for the disease. Alcohol consumption is associated with an increased risk of breast cancer with an uncertain association with PBD. We have carried out a systematic review and metaanalysis to examine the association of alcohol consumption with PBD.Methods: We searched nine databases to identify all relevant studies on the association between alcohol intake and breast density. Two independent investigators evaluated and selected 20 studies that were included in our analyses. We divided the studies into three groups according to the methods used to measure and analyze the association of breast density with alcohol consumption.

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“…Tseng et al [66] cross-sectionally evaluated the MBCFSC using the MDS. The women were scored based on their consumption of vegetables, legumes, fruits and nuts, cereals, fish, and the ratio of monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFA) to saturated fatty acids (SFA) as reported on a 153-item FFQ.…”

Section: Adult Diet and Adult Breast Densitymentioning

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Diet across the Lifespan and the Association with Breast Density in Adulthood

Lindgren

Dorgan

Savage-Williams

et al. 2013

International Journal of Breast Cancer

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Studies have shown inconsistent results regarding the association between dietary factors across the lifespan and breast density and breast cancer in women. Breast density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, and the mechanism through which it influences cancer risk remains unclear. Breast density has been shown to be modifiable, potentially through dietary modifications. The goal of this paper is to summarize the current studies on diet and diet-related factors across all ages, determine which dietary factors show the strongest association with breast density, the most critical age of exposure, and identify future directions. We identified 28 studies, many of which are cross-sectional, and found that the strongest associations are among vitamin D, calcium, dietary fat, and alcohol in premenopausal women. Longitudinal studies with repeated dietary measures as well as the examination of overall diet over time are needed to confirm these findings.

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Mediterranean Diet and Breast Density in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study

Cited by 23 publications

References 31 publications

Dietary Patterns, Risk and Prognosis of Breast Cancer

Dietary Patterns, Risk and Prognosis of Breast Cancer

The Association between Alcohol Consumption and Breast Density: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Diet across the Lifespan and the Association with Breast Density in Adulthood

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