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A prospective study of plasma ascorbic acid concentrations and breast cancer (United States).

Cancer causes & control : CCC2000The record

1 finding · 1 compound · 1 endpoint · 1 null

What it reported

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Every finding here is a null result.

What did not

1 finding

  • L-ascorbic acid — no detected effect on breast cancer incidence

    Evidence strength: very limited.FindingNull result
    “There was no evidence for a dose-response relationship between higher plasma ascorbic acid concentrations and breast cancer risk [highest vs. lowest fifths: ORadjusted = 0.90, Ptrend = 0.98).”
    Quoted verbatim from A prospective study of plasma ascorbic acid concentrations and breast cancer (United States)..
    Study
    case-control
    Population
    Women in Washington County, MD; nested case-control study of prediagnostic plasma ascorbic acid, incident breast cancer cases matched to controls, 5 years of follow-up

    A prospective study of plasma ascorbic acid concentrations and breast cancer (United States).2000PMID:1078266210.1023/a:1008983718924Permalink