Urinary Phytoestrogen Excretion and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk: The Multiethnic Cohort Study

The objective of this study was to examine the association of urinary phytoestrogens with the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Participants in the Multiethnic Cohort Study included 36,458 postmenopausal women who provided blood or urine specimens. A nested case-control study of breast cancer with biospecimens was created in which cases diagnosed after specimen collection were matched to two controls. Two hundred fifty-one women with breast...