Breast Cancer Study: Heavier Women Have Increased Risk.
My mother had breast cancer that was caught in time and she was cured, but I always worry that it will come back. This new study was very interesting to me. Just another reason to maintain a healthy weight, exercise, and eat right!
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It’s common knowledge that keeping fit and maintaining an optimal weight are great ways to achieve overall health. But for breast-cancer survivors, the stakes are much higher.
Research indicates that excess weight can lead to increased levels of the hormone estrogen — and estrogen has been tied to the development of breast cancer in women.
Dr. Duc Vuong, a weight-loss surgeon in Houston, spells out the issue plainly.
“Overweight women have larger breasts,” he says. "These women have more exposure to estrogen, which we think increases their risk of several different cancers, including breast and uterine cancer.”
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October 21, 2008 at 12:27 pm
ryan, not to be disrespectful or anything, but your mom was not cured. there is no cure for cancer. ive known 3 people who have had breast cancer in the first stage and years later the cancer came back and spread and they died. please dont ever think for a second a first stage breast cancer or any cancer is cured. cancer comes back with a vengeance.
September 10, 2009 at 8:00 pm
well not all cancer comes back. some people actually surive. Cancer has a remission period and if you are one of the lucky ones you will beat cancer and live to tell about it. Not to mention JON you are not a doctor so 3 people who you knew are not the whole story on cancer so I think you should be a bit more poilet when making such hars statements about somthing you are no expert on.