Plant-based dietary patterns, micronutrient status and breast cancer outcomes: a joint analysis of UK Biobank and Chinese longitudinal healthy longevity survey
Weizhe Xu, Wen Gu, Yanqiu Huang, Shuli Li, Honglin Liu, Xun Zhu · 2026
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Weizhe Xu and co-authors link plant based eating to breast cancer outcomes across British and Chinese cohorts, in a 2025 analysis. Plant rich diets may cut risk, but their tie to survival after diagnosis was murkier. Two large population resources supplied the data.
Among sixty-seven thousand cancer free British participants, the healthiest plant pattern carried about eleven percent lower breast cancer risk. Among patients, the same pattern carried about twenty-eight percent lower death rates. Chinese elders showed a still larger risk gap. Vitamins B2 and C, calcium, and magnesium each leaned protective, while sodium leaned harmful. The authors built forecast models reaching five years out.
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| CREATOR | Weizhe Xu, Wen Gu, Yanqiu Huang, Shuli Li, Honglin Liu, Xun Zhu |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 34 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |