Folic Acid, Vitamin B6 May Protect Against Breast Cancer
 (YahooNews, 3/25/03)

As reported in Vol. 95, No. 5 of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Harvard researchers, Dr. Shumin Zhang and Dr. Walter Willet and associates, have found that eating foods that are high in folic acid and B6 may lower a woman's risk of developing breast cancer. The researchers analyzed data from the Nurses' Health Study, a long-term study that tracked lifestyle factors and health statuses for more than 121,000 female registered nurses. When the investigators compared the data for 712 nurses who had developed breast cancer to 712 who had not, they found that the diets of the breast cancer victims contained less folic acid and Vitamin B6 than that of the cancer-free nurses.