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Breast Cancer
Research from S.S. Maruti and co-authors yields new data on breast cancer
August 28th, 2008
"Estrogen is an established risk factor for breast cancer. Greater bowel motility has been associated with increased estrogen excretion and lower serum estrogen levels, suggesting that it may influence breast cancer risk," scientists in the United States report. "However, only one other epidemiologic study thus far, to our knowledge, has examined the relation between bowel motility and breast cancer risk. We prospectively examined whether bowel motility, measured by self-reported frequency of bowel movements, and related factors (constipation, laxative use, water consumption, and dietary fiber intake) were associated with incidence of breast cancer among 28,586...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-08-28)
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