Risk for Breast Cancer Recurrence Decreased by Lifestyle Changes
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology (published online September 8, 2009) has found that obesity, alcohol use and smoking all significantly increase the risk for new occurrences of breast cancer among breast cancer survivors.
The risk was especially high in women who were current smokers and who consumed one or more alcoholic drinks per day.
Other, previous research has suggested that maintaining a healthy weight, exercising regularly, and limiting alcohol consumption can reduce the risk of developing breast cancer to begin with.
Reducing a second occurrence of breast cancer is particularly important because of data suggesting that breast cancer survivors are 2 to 6 times more likely to develop another case than women in the general, non-survivor population are to develop breast cancer to begin with.
What’s the take-home point? While healthy lifestyle choices are smart, they are particularly important for women to help prevent brest cancer, and even more so to help prevent second occurrences of the potential killer.
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