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Breast Cancer
Researchers from University of Oxford discuss findings in breast cancer
December 4th, 2008
" Active smoking has little or no effect on womens risk of developing breast cancer, but it has been suggested that passive exposure to tobacco smoke may increase this risk among women who have never smoked. To evaluate the possible relationship between passive smoking and breast cancer risk within the Million Women Study, a large UK prospective study, and to report a meta-analysis of published results," investigators in Oxford, the United Kingdom report. " In the large prospective study, 224 917 never smokers who completed a questionnaire that asked women whether their parents had smoked and if their current partner smoked were followed up for an average of 3.5 years...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-04)
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