Eating plenty of fruits and vegetables may lower women's risk
for a tough-to-treat form of breast cancer, but it does not
reduce their odds of getting breast cancer overall, a new study
finds. Specifically, the new study found lower rates of what's
known as "oestrogen receptor-negative breast cancer" among women
who ate high amounts of fruits and vegetables. These tumours
which do not respond to circulating oestrogen account for 15% to
20% of breast cancers, and have a lower survival rate than other
types of breast cancer. According to a team led by Seungyoun
Jung, formerly at the department of nutrition at the Harvard
School of Public Health, previous research has suggested that
consuming higher amounts of fruits and vegetables might lower
breast cancer risk, but there haven't been enough data to prove
it. How the study was done In their new investigation, Jung's
team analyzed data from 20 prior studies of women who were
followed for a maximum of 11 to 20 years. They found a
statistically significant link be