Glycemic index, hyperinsulinemia, and breast cancer risk

Glycemic index, glycemic load and cancer risk.

BACKGROUND Dietary glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) have been related to the risk of selected cancers, but the issue remains open. PATIENTS AND METHODS Mailed questionnaires were completed between 1994 and 1997 in eight Canadian provinces for incident, histologically confirmed cases of the stomach (n=1182), colon (n=1727), rectum (n=1447), liver (n=309), pancreas (n=628), lung (n=33...

Glycemic Index and Cancer Risk

Pnm-28: Dietary Glycemic Index, Glycemic Load, and The Risk of Endometrial Cancer

Background Endometrial cancer is a hormone-dependent disease and has been consistently associated with obesity. Non genetic lifestyle factors may account for more than 75% of endometrial cancer cases and represent potential targets for prevention of this disease. Insulin resistance induced by diet may play a particularly pernicious role in the development of endometrial cancer, possibly by redu...

Glycemic Index and Glycemic Load Dietary Patterns and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Case-control Study

Habitual consumption of a high glycemic index (GI) food causes postprandial increases in the blood glucose level, resulting in high insulin demand (Jenkins et al., 2002). The GI and GL, which considers both the quantity and quality of carbohydrate intake, have been shown to be related to chronic disease and increased risk of cancer (Patel et al., 2007; Jiao et al., 2009; Bao et al., 2010), incl...

Dietary glycemic index and glycemic load, and breast cancer risk: a case-control study.

BACKGROUND Certain types of carbohydrates increase glucose and insulin levels to a greater extent than others. In turn, insulin may raise levels of insulin-like growth factors, which may influence breast cancer risk. We analyzed the effect of type and amount of carbohydrates on breast cancer risk, using the glycemic index and the glycemic load measures in a large case-control study conducted in...