Women's Wellness: Is there a connection between soy and breast cancer?

Cancer

Women’s Wellness: Is there a connection between soy and breast cancer?

By
Dana Sparks

October 12, 2016

a woman with a headscarf, perhaps due to chemo therapy treatment for cancer, looking pensively into the camera
Is there a connection between eating soy and your risk of breast cancer? Some women omit soy products from their diets because they're concerned about that risk. But, Mayo Clinic dietitian Kate Zeratsky says research shows women can now be sure that soy is safe and that eating soy could even be preventative of breast cancer, especially in young women.