Is soy ok to eat with a high risk of getting breast cancer?

My understanding is that the jury is still out on this one.  There are conflicting studies and the studies that have been done aren't always statistically reliable.  While there is some research that suggests there is a difference between the alpha and beta forms of estrogen in the body it just isn't well enough researched.  the oncs I know suggest avoidance for now with a "let's reconsider later" if some new research comes out.  

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I was also concerned about this. I am newly diagnosed and having a Mx on Wenesday. I don't eat dairy either, and have been eating all types of soy for many years.

I have read all I can find on the subject,and it looks like it is ok, but heck who really knows?

My Mother had BC in 1994 and had never eaten a soy product in her life.

The soy connection is a questionable one.  First of all soy protein and soy products are in so many things and the reason is very, very few people are allergic to soy (unlike milk for example). I will say that the connection between high consumption of red meat and alcohol and breats and other cancers may be many times greater than soy or soy products.  I don't any red meat or alcohol and never have (not for social or spiritual reasons, but simply because I hate the taste of both and always did. Even as a child, I would feel ill at the sight of red meat) That said, I eat fish I am pretty sure that some of what they insist is wild isn't and has more dangerous stuff it than any soy ever could.  I eat soy products in real moderation because of the breast cancer connection, but having spent years around Asian culture and visiting Asia (my daughter is adopted from China), Chinese and Japanese women eat soy sometimes at every meal and have the lowest rates of breast cancer in the developed world.  Only parts of Africa are lower.  What does this imply? I can't say but it is notable.

My MO (who is a brilliant researcher and the Chief of Oncology) says that the latest studies have not proven a link between breast cancer and soy products.

The only thing she said was that she preferred me to drink Lactaid instead  of the large amounts of soy milk I was drinking, but otherwise, there was no point in avoiding moderate amounts of soy/soy protein in anything else.

I am 100% ER+, and am taking Anastrozole.