Serum enterolactone and prognosis of postmenopausal breast cancer.

  • Katharina Buck
  • Alina Vrieling
  • Aida Karina Zaineddin
  • Susen Becker
  • Anika Hüsing
  • Rudolf Kaaks
  • Jakob Linseisen
  • Dieter Flesch-Janys
  • Jenny Chang-Claude

Abstract

Lignans--plant-derived compounds with estrogen-dependent and -independent anticarcinogenic properties--have been associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk, but data are limited regarding their effect on survival. Dietary lignans are metabolized to enterolignans, which are subsequently absorbed and become bioavailable.

Bibliografische Daten

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Aufsatznummer28
ISSN0732-183X
StatusVeröffentlicht - 2011
pubmed 21900115