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Breast Cancer
Decreasing risk of breast cancer is seen for women engaged in physical activity
March 2nd, 2006
A decreasing risk of breast cancer was observed for women engaged in vigorous physical activity. According to investigators in France, "There is a need to investigate the type, duration, frequency, and intensity of physical activity that is critical to reduce the risk of breast cancer, and if this relation differs among subgroups of women." "We analyzed the relation between physical activity and breast cancer incidence between 1990 and 2002 (n=3,424 cases), among 90,509 women of the French E3N cohort, ages between 40 and 65 years in 1990," stated B. Tehard and colleagues at the Institut Gustave Roussy. We gave special attention to effect modification...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-03-02)
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