Breast Cancer (Prevention)

Cumulative Months of Breast-Feeding May Reduce Cancer Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, December 15th, 1997

Breast-feeding for at least 20 months during their lifetime appears to offer women some protection against developing breast cancer later in life, a study by epidemiologists at the University at Buffalo (UB), New York, has found.

Results of their case-control study involving 1,313 women showed that pre-menopausal women had a 50 percent lower risk of breast cancer if they had breast-fed for at least 20 months, compared to women who had at least one baby and had not breast-fed. There was no effect of breast-feeding on the risk of breast cancer for women who were post-menopausal at the time of the study.

"This is one of a number of studies now that...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (1997-12-15)

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