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Rising Obesity Levels Linked to More Cancer Diagnoses
Increasing obesity rates in Britain could lead to more cases of breast cancer in that country.
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Does a High-Fat Diet Increase Risk? Answer isn’t Clear
While this study found no link between eating fat and a higher risk of breast cancer in older women, there are many other variables that affect this relationship.
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Folate Doesn’t Seem to Lower Breast Cancer Risk
Folate has important benefits for health and preventing birth defects, but there is no research that shows that it reduces breast cancer risk.
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Grilled Meats Seem to Increase Breast Cancer Risk
In this small study, women who ate more grilled meat had a higher risk of breast cancer. Aspirin seemed to offer some protection, but more research is needed.
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Scientists Propose Theory Linking Personal Care Products and Risk in African American Women
Diagnoses of breast cancer in young African American women have increased greater than diagnoses in white women. In this article, researchers theorize that personal care products with estrogen and placenta tissue might possibly play a role.
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Can Eating Soy as a Child Reduce Risk?
Eating soy as a child seems to offer breast cancer protection, but there are lifestyle factors to consider.
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Red Meat May Up Risk of Breast Cancer
Younger women who eat large amounts of red meat appear to have a higher risk of developing hormone-receptor-positive breast cancer, according to a new study.
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Birth Control Pills May Increase Breast Cancer Risk a Little
Premenopausal women who take birth control pills have a very small increase in breast cancer risk, according to a new retrospective study.
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If Relatives Have Abnormal Breast Cancer Gene, Women Who Test Negative Have Higher Risk
The results of a new study are particularly important for women with a family member who has an abnormal BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene. Even though the women in the study tested negative for an abnormal BRCA1 or...
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High Vitamin D Levels May Help Slow Growth of Advanced-Stage Breast Cancer
A very small study found that some women with advanced-stage breast cancer had lower vitamin D levels than women with early-stage breast cancer. But this study is very small and it's difficult to know ...
