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Article: Study Disputes Breast Cancer Link
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- March 9, 1999
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BRENDA C. COLEMAN, AP Medical Writer
AP Online
03-09-1999
Study Disputes Breast Cancer Link
CHICAGO (AP) -- Contradicting current medical theories, a 14-year study of nearly 89,000 women found no evidence that a high-fat diet promotes breast cancer or that a low-fat diet protects against it.
Experts were quick to note that a low-fat diet is still good for the heart and other aspects of health. They said the study indicates a need to look more carefully at how diet may affect the risk of breast cancer.
``We should just accept that good scientists can't tell you yet what to eat to minimize your breast-cancer risk,'' said Dr. John A. Glaspy of the University of California at Los Angeles, who ...