Soy doesn't harm, and may even help, breast cancer survivors, study finds
Tuesday, December 8, 2009 - 18:49
in Health & Medicine
Earlier research in animals had raised fears that soy foods might cause a recurrence of the cancer because soy can act like estrogen. A new study of women finds just the opposite. Soy foods do not appear to increase the risk of breast cancer recurrence among survivors of the disease and may even confer some health benefits, new research suggests.