Soy Tied To Longer Life After Breast Cancer quoting : The Huffington Post

"Up until now physicians generally discouraged their breast cancer patients from eating soy foods because of potential harm," Kucuk said. "We can now encourage women with breast cancer to eat soy foods because it is safe and it will likely improve their survival." For the current study, researchers examined data on 6,235 U.S. and Canadian women with breast cancer. Researchers found the strongest link between soy and survival for women with certain aggressive forms of breast cancer that can't be treated with hormones. For the study, researchers examined data from dietary questionnaires for women diagnosed with breast cancer from 1996 to 2011.




[File Photo]Soy foods are not only safe for women diagnosed with breast Cancer, but may even help some patients live longer, a new study said Monday. In an accompanying editorial, Omer Kucuk of the Winship Cancer Institute of Emory University, said that they now have evidence soy foods not only prevent breast cancer but also benefit women who have breast cancer. "For women with hormone-receptor-negative breast cancer, soy food products may potentially have a beneficial effect and increase survival. It has long been controversial as to whether women diagnosed with breast cancer should be advised to eat more or less soy foods, especially for those who receive hormone therapies as part of cancer treatment. "Therefore, we can recommend women to consume soy foods because of soy's many health benefits," he wrote.

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