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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Risk of premenopausal breast cancer is reduced in women who were breast-fed as infants
December 29th, 2005
The risk of premenopausal breast cancer is reduced in women who were breast-fed as infants. According to scientists in England, "Having been breast-fed has been suggested to influence cancer risk in adulthood. We investigated associations between breast-feeding during infancy and adult cancer incidence and mortality in a cohort study and meta-analyses of published studies." R.M. Martin and colleagues explained, "The Boyd Orr cohort consisted of 4,999 subjects who were originally surveyed in 1937-39, when they were 0-19 years of age. Cancer outcomes from 1948 through 2003 were available for 4,379 (88%) subjects, and 3,844 had complete data on all...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-12-29)
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