Scientific Information on Breast Cancer Risk
Breast Cancer Risk
Summary of Breast Cancer Risk
Scientific Information on Breast Cancer Risk
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Robust research conducted with repeated double-blind clinical trials |
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Multiple studies where at least two are double-blind and placebo controlled |
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Single double-blind study or multiple cohort studies |
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Uncontrolled or observational studies only |
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Level of Evidence
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The amount of high quality evidence. The more
evidence, the more we can trust the results.
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Supplement |
Magnitude of effect
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The direction and size of the supplement's impact on
each outcome. Some supplements can have an increasing effect, others have a decreasing effect, and others have no effect.
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Consistency of research results
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Scientific research does not always agree. HIGH or
VERY HIGH means that most of the scientific research agrees.
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Notes |
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- | Very High See all 3 studies |
No significant protective effect of 600 IU vitamin E every other day in otherwise healthy women for preventing the development of breast cancer.
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Minor
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- See study |
An increase in breast cancer risk has been noted to barely pass statistical significance in an analysis of cancer development in elderly persons (75 years or older) given EGb-761 daily for a median 6.1 years.
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Minor
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Very High See 2 studies |
There is less risk of breast cancer associated with Vitamin D supplementation
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