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Premenopausal plasma carotenoids, fluorescent oxidation products, and subsequent breast cancer risk in the nurses' health studies.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2015
Sisti Julia S, Lindström Sara, Kraft Peter, Tamimi Rulla M, Rosner Bernard A, Wu Tianying, Willett Walter C, Eliassen A Heather
Abstract excerpt
High levels of circulating carotenoids are hypothesized to reduce breast cancer risk, potentially due to their antioxidant properties. However, little is known about the relationship between carotenoid exposure earlier in life and risk. We examined associations of premenopausal plasma carotenoids and markers of oxidative stress and risk of breast cancer among 1179 case-control pairs in the Nurses' Health Study...
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