Is there evidence for cancer proneness? It has been known for many years that a maternal history of breast cancer is a major breast cancer risk factor. This suggests that although many factors interact to increase or decrease breast cancer risk, genes and the family history are important in determining breast cancer proneness...
Several studies have shown the protective effects of breastfeeding both for the babies and mothers. Apart from providing long-term health benefits to the babies, breastfeeding reduces the risk of developing breast cancer, researchers revealed. A study by the Cancer Research UK analyzed 47 published studies with subjects of nearly 150,000 from 30 countries...
Breast cancer is every woman's greatest fear. It is one of the leading causes of cancer death among women aged 35 to 54. According to Dr. Rey Joson, a renowned cancer surgeon in Manila, the cause of breast cancer is still unknown, although genetic predisposition is considered a factor. Another factor that might have increased a woman's risk of developing breast cancer is late childbearing...
Women wondering whether to take hormone replacement therapy (HRT) got a clear answer from the findings of this study , published in a special edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association. The answer is : Don't, if the goal is to lower the risk of heart disease and other chronic illness...
Breast cancer is fast becoming the number one killer among all forms of cancer in women in all parts of the world, studies reveal. As in other forms of cancer, the cause of breast cancer is not really known but researchers in a study that came out in the British medical journal were able to identify certain factors that can trigger the abnormal multiplication of cells that is associated with cancer but cautioned that these were not 100 percent conclusive...
A US study has linked alcohol consumption to an increased risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women. The research found that women who had one to two small drinks a day were 32 percent more likely to develop a hormone-sensitive tumor. Three or more drinks a day raised the risk by 51 percent, said Jasmine Lew, a researcher at the National Cancer Institute and the study's lead investigator...
One major study says obesity or excess weight is most strongly linked to cancer of the uterine lining and breast cancer. The study estimated that an overweight woman has twice the risk of developing cancer than a lean one, once she becomes obese, the risk as much as 3.5 to 5-fold. Fat cells apparently play a role that can spur the cancer growth...
How many women with breast cancer have family members also suffering from the disease? The odds of getting breast cancer may have been there before being born, as some studies have shown. One study shows there is a close correlation between consanguinity and breast cancer incidence. Women whose first- degree relatives such as their mother, daughters or sisters who have breast cancer have a higher risk of contracting the disease...
Hormone pills or the pills used for hormonal menopause therapy have been reclassified by World Health Organization (WHO) from "possibly carcinogenic" to "carcinogenic." These pills are now added to the list of substances that can cause cancer. Based on consistent evidence from studies published over the last few years, a panel of 21 scientists analyzed and concluded that estrogen and progestin menopause therapy slightly increases the risk of endometrial cancer when progestin is taken less than 10 days a month...
The New England Journal of Medicine published a study by Harvard researcher Dr. Graham Colditz, showing that women who use estrogen for more than a few years have a 46 percent higher risk of breast cancer. Dr. Colditz is one of the primary authorities on the link between estrogen and breast cancer. His study came from more than 121,700 women tracked for twenty-four years in the Harvard Nurse's Study...
