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...said, the findings provide "an explanation for the paradox that Mediterranean women consume plenty of fats, and yet they have only 50 or 60 percent of the risk of breast cancer, compared with other women...
...researchers analyzed questionnaires administered to 820 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer and an additional 1548 cancer-free women whose age and area of residence paralleled those of the women with the disease. All the women were in Greece, where olive oil is widely used in cooking...
...analysis, published in this week's Journal of the National Cancer Institute, said the data came from one of the largest studies that has examined the role of diet in the cause and origins of breast cancer...
According to the study, vegetable consumption statistically reduced breast cancer risk by 12 percent and fruits by eight percent...
...Breast cancer is a major and rising problem around the world and particularly in this country, where one in 10 women can expect to develop the disease late in life...