Abstract
This chapter reviews the evidence on nutritional factors for both prevention and progression of breast, endometrial, and ovarian cancers. Anthropometric factors, such as body weight and adult attained height, currently comprise the largest body of evidence for prevention of these cancers, as well as survival. Lower body weight and adult attained height are consistently associated with lower risk of endometrial cancer and postmenopausal breast cancer, whereas body weight is inversely associated with premenopausal breast cancer. Similar studies for ovarian cancer have been inconclusive and suggest that the relationship with obesity may differ from the relationships observed for breast and endometrial cancer. Intervention studies among breast cancer survivors have demonstrated that survivors are able to make dietary and lifestyle modifications, and that weight loss through diet modification and exercise may decrease the risk of relapse and improve survival. Intervention studies among breast cancer survivors, and now endometrial cancer survivors, are ongoing.
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