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Article: Genetic factor affecting dairy products linked to ovarian cancer.
- Article from:
- Medical Update
- Article date:
- September 1, 1989
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GENETIC FACTOR AFFECTING DAIRY PRODUCTS LINKED TO OVARIAN CANCER
An estimated 20,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in this country in 1989. A recent study of 272 women diagnosed as having ovarian cancer suggests that consumption of certain dairy products by susceptible individuals may predispose them to develop the cancer. The researchers from Harvard Medical School indicate that although their findings are not conclusive, there is reason for concern. "We have found that women with ovarian cancer used dairy products with a higher content of prehydrolysed lactose--i.e., yogurt and cottage cheese--more often than control women and had lower concentration ...