Diet and ovarian cancer: can a plant-based diet reduce risk?The American Cancer Society American Cancer Society, n.pr established in 1913, this national volunteer-based health organization is committed to the elimination of cancer through prevention and treatment and to diminishing cancer suffering through advocacy, scholarship, research, estimates that there will be 25,000 new cases of ovarian cancer in the U.S. in 2003. This type of cancer is difficult to detect and causes more deaths than any other cancer of the female reproductive system. A number of risk factors for this disease are known, including never having children and using hormone replacement therapy Hormone Replacement Therapy Definition Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) is the use of synthetic or natural female hormones to make up for the decline or lack of natural hormones produced in a woman's body. . Diet may also play a role because of its effects on hormone levels. A study of more than 800 women, 124 of whom had ovarian cancer, found that lower risk of developing cancer of the ovaries Ovaries The female sex organs that make eggs and female hormones. Mentioned in: Choriocarcinoma ovaries (ō´v was associated with higher intakes of fiber, carotenoids Carotenoids Carotenoids are yellow to deep-red pigments. Mentioned in: Vitamin A Deficiency carotenoids (k , vegetables, and other substances found in vegetables, like lignans and stigmasterol stig·mas·ter·ol n. A sterol, C29H48O, obtained from soybeans or Calabar beans. [New Latin (Ph . The authors of this study say that their results support the hypothesis that a plant-based diet may be important in reducing the risk of hormone-related cancers like ovarian cancer. McCann SE, Freudenheim JL, Marshall JR, Graham S. 2003. Risk of human ovarian cancer is related to dietary intake of selected nutrients, phytochemicals and food groups. J Nutr 133:1937-42. |
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