Breast Cancer

Women with higher levels of physical activity may have a reduced risk of breast cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, January 2nd, 2007

Women with higher levels of physical activity may have a reduced risk of breast cancer after menopause, according to a report in a recent issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. The association appears to be stronger for estrogen receptor positive/progesterone receptor negative tumors (which are typically more aggressive) than for other types of breast cancer tumors.

Breast cancer appears to be biologically heterogeneous, meaning that not all cases have the same causes or disease processes, according to background information in the article. One way cancers differ is by hormone receptor status. Tumors are classified as estrogen- and progesterone-receptor (ER/PR)...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2007-01-02)

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