Posted 6/5/2013 by hhill
There has long been expressed concern about the possible negative link between soyfoods and breast cancer recurrence risk. Since soy is a phytoestrogen, the belief has been that it may act as estrogen in the body--not a good thing for women who have ER positive breast cancers and are trying to reduce estrogen. There has even been worry that soy might diminish some of the positive effects of tamoxifen or the AIs. For some women, being told not to eat soyfoods is not an issue, but for others, it means a big dietary change.
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