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Fibrocystic breasts and hormones — References & further reading

¹ [No author or publication date listed.] Fibrocystic breasts. Lessening the lumps. URL: http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/10/59.cfm (accessed 02.27.2009).

² [No author or publication date listed.] About breast lumps and lumpy breasts. California Pacific Medical Center. URL: http://www.cpmc.org/services/women/breast/breast_lumps.html (accessed 04.01.2009).

³ [No author or publication date listed.] Breast cysts. California Pacific Medical Center. URL: http://www.cpmc.org/services/women/breast/breast_cyst.html (accessed 04.04.2009).

⁴ Horner, N., & Lampe, J. 2000. Potential mechanisms of diet therapy for fibrocystic breast conditions show inadequate evidence of effectiveness. J. Am. Diet. Assoc., 100 (11), 1368—1380. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11103660 (accessed 04.23.2009).

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  [No author listed.] 2003. Fibrocystic breast disease: Online reference for health concerns. URL: http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-145.shtml (accessed 04.22.2009).

⁵ Sitruk—Ware, R., et al. 1979. Benign breast disease I: Hormonal investigation. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/571588 (accessed 04.22.2009).

⁶ AMA. 2003. The American Medical Association Encyclopedia of Medicine. NY: Random House.

  [No author listed.] 2003. Fibrocystic breast disease: Online reference for health concerns. URL: http://www.lef.org/protocols/prtcl-145.shtml (accessed 04.22.2009).

  Ayres, J., & Gidwani, G. 1983. The “luteal breast”: Hormonal and sonographic investigations of benign breast disease in patients with cyclic mastalgia. Fertil. Steril., 40 (6), 779. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/6653797 (accessed 04.22.2009).

⁷ Wikipedia. 2009. Apoptosis. URL: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apoptosis (accessed 04.22.2009).

⁸ Stöppler, M. 2007. Fibrocystic breast condition (fibrocystic breast disease). URL: http://www.medicinenet.com/fibrocystic_breast_condition/page2.htm (accessed 04.22.2009).

⁹ Stoddard, F. 2008. Iodine alters gene expression in the MCF7 breast cancer cell line: Evidence for an anti-estrogen effect of iodine. Int. J. Med. Sci., 5 (4), 189—196. URL: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=18645607 (accessed 02.27.2009).

  Ghent, W., et al. 1993. Iodine replacement in fibrocystic disease of the breast. Can. J. Surg., 36 (5), 453—460. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8221402 (accessed 02.26.2009).

¹⁰ Patrick, L. 2008. Iodine: Deficiency and therapeutic considerations. Review. Altern. Med. Rev., 13 (2), 116—127. URL (PDF): http://www.thorne.com/altmedrev/.fulltext/13/2/116.pdf (accessed 02.27.2009).

  Utiger, R. 2006. Iodine nutrition — more is better. NEJM, 355 (12), 1289. URL: http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/354/26/2819 (accessed 02.27.2009).

¹¹ Gaby, A. 2004. Iodine treatment of fibrocystic breast disease. Townsend Letter for Doctors and Patients. URL: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0ISW/is_256/ai_n6258834/ (accessed 02.27.2009).

¹² Kessler, J. 2004. The effect of supraphysiologic levels of iodine on patients with cyclic mastalgia. Breast J., 10 (4), 328—336. URL: http://www.osteomed2.com/files/Supraphysiological_iodine_and_breastpain.pdf (accessed 04.23.2009).

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  Tenpenny, S. [No publication date listed.] Breast health: Improving the odds using iodine as a weapon. URL (PDF): http://www.drlintegral.com/DoctorData%20Breast-Iodine%20Presentation--FINAL2.pdf (accessed 03.17.2009).

¹³ [No author or publication date listed.] Fibrocystic breasts. Lessening the lumps. URL: http://www.mothernature.com/Library/Bookshelf/Books/10/59.cfm (accessed 02.27.2009).

¹⁴ Azadbakht, L., & Esmaillzadeh, A. 2009. Red meat intake is associated with metabolic syndrome and the plasma C-reactive protein concentration in women. J. Nutr., 139 (2), 335—339. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19074209 (accessed 04.23.2009).

¹⁵ Sinha, R., et al. 2009. Meat intake and mortality: A prospective study of over half a million people. Arch. Intern. Med., 169 (6), 562—571. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19307518 (accessed 04.23.2009).

¹⁶ Ingram, D., et al. 1991. The role of diet in the development of breast cancer: A case-control study of patients with breast cancer, benign epithelial hyperplasia and fibrocystic disease of the breast. Br. J. Cancer, 64 (1), 187—191. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1854621 (accessed 04.23.2009).

¹⁷ Wu, C., et al. 2004. A case-control study of risk factors for fibrocystic breast conditions: Shanghai Nutrition and Breast Disease Study, China, 1995—2000. Am. J. Epidemiol., 160 (10), 945—960. URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/160/10/945 (accessed 04.23.2009).

¹⁸ Kummerow, F. 2009. The negative effects of hydrogenated fats and what to do about them. Atherosclerosis. [Epub ahead of print.] URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19345947 (accessed 04.23.2009).

¹⁹ MSNBC.com news services. 2006. New York City passes trans fat ban. URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16051436/ (accessed 05.03.2009).

²⁰ Aubertin—Leheudre, M., et al. 2008. Fat/fiber intakes and sex hormones in healthy premenopausal women in USA. J. Steroid Biochem. Mol. Biol., 112 (1—3), 32—39. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18761407 (accessed 04.23.2009).

²¹ Wu, C., et al. 2004.

  Galvan—Portillo, M., et al. 2002. Dietary and reproductive factors associated with benign breast disease in Mexican women. Nutr. Cancer, 43 (2), 133—140. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12588693 (accessed 04.23.2009).

²² Horner, N., & Lampe, J. 2000.

²³ Ingram, D., et al. 1991.

²⁴ Browning, L., & Jeff, S. 2006. Nutritional influences on inflammation and type 2 diabetes risk. Diabetes Technol. Ther., 8 (1), 45—54. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16472050 (accessed 04.23.2009).

²⁵ Duke, J., & duDellier, J. 1993. CRC Handbook of Alternative Cash Crops. CRC Press, Inc. USA.

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  National Non-food Crops Centre — Evening primrose. URL: http://www.nnfcc.co.uk/metadot/index.pl?id=2401;isa=DBRow;op=show;dbview_id=2329 (accessed 04.23.2009).

²⁶ Stonemetz, D. 2008. A review of the clinical efficacy of evening primrose. Holist. Nurs. Pract., 22 (3), 171—174. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18453897 (accessed 04.23.2009).

  Blommers, J., et al. 2002. Evening primrose oil and fish oil for severe chronic mastalgia: A randomized, double-blind, controlled trial. Am. J. Obstet. Gynecol., 187 (5), 1389—1394. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12439536 (accessed 02.27.2009).

  BeLieu, R. 1994. Mastodynia. Obstet. Gynecol. Clin. North Am., 21 (3), 461—477. URL (abstract): http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/7816407 (accessed 02.27.2009).

²⁷ Wu, C., et al. 2004.

  Brush, M., & Perry M. 1985. Pyridoxine and the premenstrual syndrome. Lancet, 1 (8442), 1399.

  Smallwood, J., et al. 1986. Vitamin B6 in the treatment of pre-menstrual mastalgia. Br. J. Clin. Pract., 40 (12), 532—533.

²⁸ Horner, N., & Lampe, J. 2000.

 Vobecky, J., et al. 1993. Nutritional profile of women with fibrocystic breast disease. Int. J. Epidemiol., 63 (6), 481—485. URL: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8144312 (accessed 04.23.2009).

  Ingram, D., et al. 1991.

  Hislop, G., et al. 1990. Diet and histologic types of benign breast disease defined by subsequent risk of breast cancer. Am. J. Epidemiol., 131 (2), 263—270. URL: http://aje.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/131/2/263 (accessed 04.23.2009).

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