The role of nutrition in the preventive treatment and etiopathogenesis of breast cancer

Wołoszynek Eliza, Maj–Gnat Katarzyna, Stępnik Jolanta, de Pourbaix Renata. The role of nutrition in the preventive treatment and etiopathogenesis of breast cancer. Journal of Education, Health and Sport. 2019;9(3):153-157. eISNN 2391-8306. DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2589564 http://ojs.ukw.edu.pl/index.php/johs/article/view/6667 https://pbn.nauka.gov.pl/sedno-webapp/works/907172 The journal has had 7 points in Ministry of Science and Higher Education parametric evaluation. Part b item 1223 (26/01/2017). 1223 Journal of Education, Health and Sport eissn 2391-8306 7 © The Authors 2019; This article is published with open access at Licensee Open Journal Systems of Kazimierz Wielki University in Bydgoszcz, Poland Open Access. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial License which permits any noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author (s) and source are credited. This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non commercial license Share alike. (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) which permits unrestricted, non commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited. The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper. Received: 15.02.2019. Revised: 15.02.2019. Accepted: 10.03.2019. THE ROLE OF NUTRITION IN THE PREVENTIVE TREATMENT AND ETIOPATHOGENESIS OF BREAST CANCER Eliza Wołoszynek1, Katarzyna Maj–Gnat1, Jolanta Stępnik1, Renata de Pourbaix 1 1 – Wydział Lekarski i Nauk o Zdrowiu Uniwersytetu Jana Kochanowskiego w Kielcach Address for correspondence: eliza.woloszynek@gmail.com Abstract The incidence of cancers is rising worldwide Breast cancer is a cancer whose incidence is steadily increasing in the many countries. In women, breast cancer is the most common malignancy whilst its morbidity rates are the second most frequent after lung cancer. A large body of evidence indicates that about one fourth of breast cancer cases are connected with an unhealthy diet, and pro-health lifestyle can result in even 50% of reduction of breast cancer risk. Inappropriate nutrition and dietary habits are a direct cause or a risk factor of many neoplastic diseases – including breast cancer. A change of these habits can significantly contribute to reducing the risk of breast cancer. The aim of the article is to present the impact of the selected nutritional risk factors as well as prevention methods for breast cancer. Key words: cancer diseases, breast cancer, nutritional factors, cancer preventio