Women who had a first-degree relative with breast cancer had a lower risk of developing the disease
Breastfeeding associated with reduced risk of breast cancer among women with family history
By AdminWASHINGTON, (Xinhua)—Women with a family history of breast cancer appear to have a lower risk of developing the disease before menopause if they have ever breastfed a child, according to a report in the August 10/24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.
More women around the world develop breast cancer than any other malignancy, background information in the article showed. Established risk factors include a family history, beginning menstruation at an early age and not having children or having a first child at a late age.
Alison M. Stuebe, of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and her colleagues used information from 60,075 women who had given birth and participated in the Nurses’ Health Study between 1997 and 2005...more
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