Postmenopausal women who engage in regular physical activity are known to be less likely to develop breast cancer. Increased physical activity reduces levels of estrogens in postmenopausal women, and thus may reduce the risk of breast cancer.
UK scientists have developed a computer program to calculate the risk of developing breast cancer in individual women.
Women of all ages can reduce their risk of breast cancer by exercising regularly. Previous studies have shown that regular exercise can protect against the disease.
High oestrogen levels among well-fed and largely inactive women in Western countries may be largely responsible for the epidemic of breast cancer. Tests show that oestrogen is far more prevalent in modern Western women than in those from less developed societies.
Eating too much food high in fat, such as butter, milk and meat, could put women at a higher risk of breast cancer, according to a paper published today.
Researchers at Georgetown University’s Lombardi Cancer Center and Yale University have identified two molecular predictors of breast cancer spread or metastasis. This may one day lead to tests of breast cancer tissue that will help physicians determine whether a woman’s breast cancer is likely to spread, or metastasize.
Women who get regular mammograms could reduce their risk of dying from breast cancer by 28 per cent, new research indicates.
Researchers studying breast cancer have found that only a small percentage of the tumour cells are capable of moving on and creating new cancer elsewhere in the body, a discovery they hope will lead to ways to target the most dangerous cells.
US researchers have now found that teenage girls who eat eggs regularly are less likely to develop breast cancer later in life.
In a significant breakthrough, researchers at the University College of London, have discovered a new technique, called Diffraction Enhanced Breast Imaging (Debi), which they claim could detect breast cancer at a much earlier stage, thus facilitating early treatment.