Journal
GENES AND NUTRITION
Volume 3, Issue 2, Pages 77-85Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1007/s12263-008-0087-0
Keywords
nutrigenomics; diet; benign breast diseases; breast cancer; nipple aspirate fluids; nutrients
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- Susan Love Research Foundation
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The aetiology of breast cancer is complex and multifactorial, and may include diet and xenobiotic compounds. A change in diet affects nutrient levels in blood, but to what extent diet can affect micronutrient concentrations in the breast is not yet well established. Breast nipple aspirate fluids ( NAF) can be non-invasively obtained from the breast in most women; it represents a biological tool to assess metabolic changes in the breast ductal microenvironment. A wide variation in biomolecular and hormonal composition of NAFs collected from healthy and breast cancer patient may be due to genetic and nutritional factors; however, micro- and macro- nutrients may influence the secretory status of these women, thus NAF composition and risk of breast carcinoma. The aim of this overview is to highlight the detrimental/beneficial role that diet-related compounds in nipple aspirate fluid can have in breast cancer risk.
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