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. 2004 Apr 5;90(7):1361-3.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601652.

Green tea and the risk of breast cancer: pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan

Y Suzuki  1 , Y Tsubono, N Nakaya, Y Suzuki, Y Koizumi, I Tsuji
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Green tea and the risk of breast cancer: pooled analysis of two prospective studies in Japan

Y Suzuki et al. Br J Cancer. .

Abstract

In a pooled analysis of two prospective studies with 35004 Japanese women, green-tea intake was not associated with a lower risk of breast cancer (222 cases), the multivariate relative risk for women drinking >or=5 cups compared with <1 cup per day being 0.84 (95% confidence interval 0.57-1.24, Trend P=0.69).

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