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Breast Cancer May Be Determined In Womb
Breast Cancer May Be Determined In Womb
A renowned cancer epidemiologist, HSPH Professor Dimitrios Trichopoulos has received a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) "Innovator Award" to explore fetal and early-life factors associated with adult breast cancer, including whether exposure to hormones such as estrogens and insulin-like growth factors while in the womb may cause the disease years later.
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Do fruits and vegetables have much impact against breast cancer risk?
A: No. There are two things going on here. One is the likelihood that the relationship is true and another is the strength of the relationship. Although we think the relationship between vegetables and breast cancer is real, the impact isn't huge.
There isn't a lot about diet, weight, etc., that has a big impact on breast cancer. I'm sure we're missing something, but we haven't yet worked out what is going on. There's no question that gaining weight after menopause raises the risk. And we know that hormones and reproduction are really important because women who start puberty early or go through menopause late have a higher risk, and women who bear children at a young age have a lower risk. Rapid growth in childhood and adolescence also raise the risk.
Related topics to be discussed on the next chapter are:
breast cancer
lung cancer
prostate cancer
skin cancer
colon cancer
ovarian cancer
cancer symptoms
cancer research
cervical cancer
testicular cancer
pancreatic cancer
cancer treatment
liver cancer
bladder cancer
bone cancer
thyroid cancer
brain cancer
stomach cancer |
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