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Carbohydrates have not been intensively investigated in epidemiological studies of diet and cancer. According to a recent review, the available data on carbohydrates and other cancers than colorectal cancer are too sparse to draw even tentative conclusions [1]. The issue deserves a separate analysis in relation to breast cancer (BC) and that is the reason of this next part of the present chapter.

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