TY - JOUR
T1 - The relationship between diet and breast cancer in men (United States)
AU - Rosenblatt, Karin A.
AU - Thomas, David B.
AU - Jimenez, L. Margarita
AU - Fish, Brian
AU - McTiernan, Anne
AU - Stalsberg, Helge
AU - Stemhagen, Annette
AU - Thompson, W. Douglas
AU - Curnen, Mary G.Mc Grea
AU - Satariano, William
AU - Austin, Donald F.
AU - Greenberg, Raymond S.
AU - Key, Charles
AU - Kolonel, Laurence N.
AU - West, Dee W.
N1 - Funding Information:
Work Performed at: Department of Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL and Program in Epidemiology, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA. Financial support: This study was supported by grant no. R01-CA-35653 and a training grant TO1-CA-09168 (Karin Rosenblatt) awarded by the National Cancer Institute.
PY - 1999
Y1 - 1999
N2 - Objectives: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship between food and beverage consumption and the development of breast cancer in men. Methods: Possible relationships of dietary factors to risk of breast cancer in men were assessed in a case-control study conducted between 1983 and 1986. Cases (N = 220) were ascertained from ten population-based cancer registries. Controls (N = 291) were selected by random-digit dialing (< age 65) and from Health Care Financing Administration Medicare beneficiary lists (≥ age 65). Results: No trends in risk were observed with increasing intakes of specific foods, except for an increase in risk with citrus fruits. No increase in risk with increasing amounts of specific fats, vitamins, or minerals or with amounts of protein, fiber, carbohydrate, starches, nitrites, or alcohol consumed was observed, except for an increase in risk with dietary vitamin C consumption. A decreasing trend in risk with dietary niacin and with coffee and an increasing trend in risk with tea consumption were observed. No associations were found with use of any dietary supplements, including vitamin C. Conclusions: The observed associations are not consistent with findings from studies of breast cancer in women and probably do not represent causal relationships. Dietary factors are unlikely to be strong determinants of breast cancer in men.
AB - Objectives: The purpose of this paper was to investigate the relationship between food and beverage consumption and the development of breast cancer in men. Methods: Possible relationships of dietary factors to risk of breast cancer in men were assessed in a case-control study conducted between 1983 and 1986. Cases (N = 220) were ascertained from ten population-based cancer registries. Controls (N = 291) were selected by random-digit dialing (< age 65) and from Health Care Financing Administration Medicare beneficiary lists (≥ age 65). Results: No trends in risk were observed with increasing intakes of specific foods, except for an increase in risk with citrus fruits. No increase in risk with increasing amounts of specific fats, vitamins, or minerals or with amounts of protein, fiber, carbohydrate, starches, nitrites, or alcohol consumed was observed, except for an increase in risk with dietary vitamin C consumption. A decreasing trend in risk with dietary niacin and with coffee and an increasing trend in risk with tea consumption were observed. No associations were found with use of any dietary supplements, including vitamin C. Conclusions: The observed associations are not consistent with findings from studies of breast cancer in women and probably do not represent causal relationships. Dietary factors are unlikely to be strong determinants of breast cancer in men.
KW - Breast neoplasms
KW - Diet
KW - Male
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U2 - 10.1023/A:1008808925665
DO - 10.1023/A:1008808925665
M3 - Article
C2 - 10231158
AN - SCOPUS:0032904697
SN - 0957-5243
VL - 10
SP - 107
EP - 113
JO - Cancer Causes and Control
JF - Cancer Causes and Control
IS - 2
ER -