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Green vegetables vital for breast cancer patients
Thursday April 05, 2012 10:12:40 AM,
IANS
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London: Women
diagnosed with breast cancer are more likely to survive if they
eat up their greens, a study suggests.
A Chinese study has found a link between higher consumption of
cruciferous vegetables such as greens, cabbage and broccoli, and
reduced breast cancer death rates.
Researchers followed the progress of almost 5,000 women for around
five years after they were diagnosed with breast cancer, Daily
Mail reported.
They found that the more cruciferous vegetables women ate during
the first three years after diagnosis, the less likely they were
to die.
As consumption increased, the chances of dying from breast cancer
fell by between 22 percent and 62 percent and from all causes by
between 27 percent and 62 percent.
During the study period, 587 women died, 496 from breast cancer,
the Mail said.
The researchers pointed out that cruciferous vegetable consumption
habits differed between China and the West.
"Commonly consumed cruciferous vegetables in China include
turnips, Chinese cabbage/bok choy and greens, while broccoli and
brussels sprouts are the more commonly consumed cruciferous
vegetables in the US and other Western countries," said study
leader Sara Nechuta, from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, US.
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