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L-ascorbic acidFinding

L-ascorbic acid has no detected effect on breast cancer incidence

no difference foundVery limited evidenceFindingreplicated ×1

01 · The sentence it was drawn from

“Vitamin E (regardless of source) and dietary vitamin C were not associated with breast cancer.”

Quoted verbatim from Selected antioxidants and risk of hormone receptor-defined invasive breast cancers among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

This finding among the 19 findings on its endpoint

L-ascorbic acid

Breast cancer incidence

no difference found

Who: Postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, average follow-up 7.6 years; dietary vitamin C intake
Dose studied: not reported

Very limited evidencePMID 18400726 · 2008

02 · The study

Study: cohort
Duration: not reported

Evidence, by strength

strong
moderate
limited
very limitedthis finding
insufficient

03 · The paper

The American journal of clinical nutrition

Selected antioxidants and risk of hormone receptor-defined invasive breast cancers among postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study.

2008PMID 18400726doi 10.1093/ajcn/87.4.1009

What else it reported1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint

04 · To cite this finding

This address does not change

https://catalystproject.ai/e/01M6WGSDEZ55GY2R7TFCFKM97Z