What is Breast Cancer

Breast cancer is cancer of breast tissue. Worldwide, it is the most common form of cancer in females, affecting approximately one out of eleven to twelve women at some stage of the...

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Prevention is better than cure. Just read an article in http://breastcancer.dormitory.com/. It

mentions that Smokers And Overweight Women Are At Greater Risk Of Breast Cancer.Gosh.I will give

the damn smoking and keep fit right now. I don't want to put myself under high risk of breast

cancer. Share the article as following, hope the smoker and the fat like me will learn:

A recent study published in the Journal of Cancer Epidemiology has reinforced the correlation

between being overweight, smoking and breast cancer. What makes this study unique is how test

subjects were not diagnosed for BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations, which predispose women to breast

cancer. Instead, women with such gene mutations were excluded to allow researchers to concentrate

on lifestyle factors such as smoking, exercise, nutrition and weight.

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http://breastcancer.dormitory.com
Posted on 10/21/09, 12:10 am
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