Key clinical point : Higher sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) consumption after a breast cancer diagnosis was associated with greater breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality.
Major finding: Compared with no consumption, the risk for breast cancer-specific and all-cause mortality increased with increasing consumption of SSB ( Ptrend= .001 and .0001, respectively). The consumption of artificially sweetened beverages was not associated with higher breast cancer-specific or all-cause mortality.
Study details: A prospective cohort of 8,863 women with stages I-III breast cancer who completed a validated food frequency questionnaire every 4 years.
Disclosure: This study was supported by the National Institutes of Health, the American Institute for Cancer Research, and the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Dr. Holmes received grants, personal fees, and nonfinancial support from various sources outside this work. The remaining authors made no disclosures.
Source: Farvid MS et al. Cancer. 2021 May 4. doi: 10.1002/cncr.33461.