Breast Cancer

Weight Gain Related to Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk

Published in Women's Health Weekly, November 1st, 2007

Women who gain weight throughout adulthood rather than maintaining a stable weight may have an increased risk for breast cancer, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. This finding was observed among women who did not take hormone therapy after menopause.

Obesity is known to be a risk factor for developing breast cancer after menopause, according to background information in the article. Estrogens may accumulate in fat tissue, potentially initiating or promoting the growth of cancerous cells in the breast.

Jiyoung Ahn, Ph.D., of the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Md., and colleagues...

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Source: Women's Health Weekly (2007-11-01)

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