Isaac J Ergas, Richard K Cheng, Janise M Roh, Lawrence H Kushi, Jacob K Kresovich, Carlos Iribarren, Mai Nguyen-Huynh, Jamal S Rana, Eileen Rillamas-Sun, Cecile A Laurent, Valerie S Lee, Charles P Quesenberry, Heather Greenlee, Marilyn L Kwan
BACKGROUND: Women with breast cancer are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) compared with women without breast cancer. Whether higher diet quality at breast cancer diagnosis lowers this risk remains unknown. We set out to determine if higher diet quality at breast cancer diagnosis was related to lower risk of CVD and CVD-related death. METHODS: This analysis included 3415 participants from the Pathway Study, a prospective cohort of women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer at Kaiser Permanente Northern California between 2005 and 2013 and followed through December 31, 2021...
February 29, 2024: JNCI Cancer Spectrum