Mediterranean diet halves risk of endometrial cancer
(AGI) Milan, May 29 - Women who follow a Mediterranean dietreduced their risk of endometrial (uterine corpus) cancer byover 50 percent according to a study funded by the ItalianFoundation for Cancer Research (FIRC) and published in theBritish Journal of Cancer. A group of researchers from theIRCCS - Mario Negri Institute for Pharmacological Research inpartnership with the University of Milan, the OncologicalReferral Centre of Aviano, the National Cancer Institute ofNaples and the University of Lausanne, assessed more than 5,000Italian women for the relationship between adherence to theMediterranean diet and the risk