Dietary intake and breast cancer among carriers and noncarriers of BRCA mutations in the Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer Study123

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ABSTRACT

Background:

Soy intake is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer. However, it is unclear whether the same reduction in risk associated with high soy intake is also applicable to familial or genetic breast cancer.

Objective:

The aim of this study was to assess the dietary factors among carriers and noncarriers of BRCA mutations in the Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer Study (KOHBRA).

Design:

The KOHBRA Study is an ongoing project composed of affected breast cancer patients and familial members of breast cancer cases with BRCA mutations. To assess the association between dietary diversity and breast cancer risk, an HR was estimated by comparing affected subjects with their familial nonaffected members. To assess the interaction between the combination of BRCA mutation and diet diversity, the case-only OR (COR) was estimated by comparing BRCA mutation carriers and noncarriers only in affected subjects.

Results:

Soy product intake was associated with a lower risk of breast cancer in carriers (HR: 0.39; 95% CI: 0.19, 0.79 for the highest quartile). The highest quartile of meat intake was associated with a higher risk of breast cancer regardless of BRCA mutation in carriers (HR: 1.97; 95% CI: 1.13, 3.44) and noncarriers (95% CI: 1.41; 1.12, 1.78). The associations of meat intake and soybean intake for breast cancer were more prominent in BRCA2 mutation carriers. In the analysis with only cases, the highest quartile of soy intake, but not meat intake, was associated with BRCA-related breast cancer (COR: 0.57; 95% CI: 0.36, 0.91).

Conclusion:

Our study suggests that soy product consumption is associated with lower breast cancer risk and it had an interaction with BRCA mutation. This trial was registered at clinicaltrials.gov as NCT00595348.

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From the Department of Preventive Medicine, Gachon University of Medicine and Science, Incheon, Korea (K-PK); the Department of Surgery, Breast and Endocrine Service, Seoul National University Bundang Hospital, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (S-WK and EK); the Departments of Preventive Medicine (SHM and SKP) and Biomedical Science (SKP), Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea; the Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea (SHM and SKP); the Cancer Policy Branch, National Cancer Control Institute, National Cancer Center, Gyeonggi-do, Korea (BP); the Division of Epidemiology and Health Index, Center for Genome Science, Korea Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, Chungcheongbuk-do, Korea (YA); the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, University of Ulsan and Asan Medical Center, Seoul, Korea (JWL); the Department of Surgery, College of Medicine, Soonchunhyang University, Seoul, Korea (MHL); the Department of Surgery, Hallym University Sacred Heart Hospital, Anyang, Korea (LSK); the Department of Surgery, Ajou University School of Medicine, Suwon, Korea (YJ); the Department of Surgery, Inha University Hospital, Incheon, Korea (YUC); the Department of Surgery, Chonbuk National University Medical School, Jeonju, Korea (BL); and the Division of Preventive Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA (JHL).

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Supported by a grant from the National R&D Program for Cancer Control, Ministry for Health, Welfare and Family affairs, Republic of Korea (1020350).

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Address correspondence to SK Park, Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, 103 Daehangno, Chongno-gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea. E-mail: [email protected].

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Abbreviations used: COR, case-only OR; FFQ, food-frequency questionnaire; KOHBRA, Korean Hereditary Breast Cancer.