Background: The intake of soy isoflavones among women with breast cancer has become a
public health concern, because these compounds have weak estrogenic effects. There is …

Soy isoflavones, structurally similar to endogenous estrogens, may affect breast cancer
through both hormonally mediated and non-hormonally related mechanisms. Although the …

Background Some studies have investigated the association between soy and isoflavones
consumption and breast cancer survival, but the results are far from conclusive. Accordingly …

Numbers of epidemiologic studies assessing soy consumption and risk of breast cancer
have yielded inconsistent results. We aimed to examine the association between soy …

Context Soy foods are rich in isoflavones, a major group of phytoestrogens that have been
hypothesized to reduce the risk of breast cancer. However, the estrogen-like effect of …

Background: Soy isoflavones have antiestrogenic and anticancer properties but also
possess estrogen-like properties, which has raised concern about soy food consumption …

BACKGROUND Soy foods possess both antiestrogenic and estrogen‐like properties. It
remains controversial whether women diagnosed with breast cancer should be advised to …

Background/Aim: Soy contains genistein and daidzein isoflavones. Isoflavones are
phytoestrogens, with a similarity in structure to human 17-β estradiol hormone. They imitate …

Background Conclusions drawn from meta-analyses on the association between soy
isoflavone intake and breast cancer risk for pre-and post-menopausal women are not fully …

The impact of soyfood intake on breast cancer risk has been investigated extensively. Much
of this focus can be attributed to the soybean being a dietary source that is uniquely rich in …