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Breast cancer epidemiology
per 100,000 women). In 2020, the cumulative risk of breast cancer in women aged under 75 was 5.20% worldwide and 8.01% in Europe...
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New recommendations published: screening intervals and more
age ranges, with no symptoms who are not at high risk of breast cancer, should undertake periodic mammography screening the most suitable way to...
Researchers develop comprehensive new way to predict breast cancer risk
comprehensive method yet to predict a woman’s risk of breast cancer, according to a study by Cancer Research UK published in Genetics in Medicine... have available. “Although having an increased risk of breast cancer means a woman is more likely to develop the disease – it’s by no means a cer...
Breast screening linked to 60 per cent lower risk of breast cancer death in first 10 years
screening linked to 60 per cent lower risk of breast cancer death in first 10... organised breast cancer screening programme, risk of breast cancer...
Weight loss linked to lower breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women
gain of ≥5 percent was not associated with risk of breast cancer overall but was associated with a 54 percent higher incidence of triple...
False-positive mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer later
mammograms may indicate increased risk of breast cancer...
Men with high oestrogen levels could be at greater risk of breast cancer
with high oestrogen levels could be at greater risk of breast cancer...
Genetic screening could improve breast cancer prevention
a family history of the disease. Lifetime risk of breast cancer for women with a history of breast cancer in their close family was 24.4 per...
Breast cancer risk may be increased in women who have first-degree relatives with a history of prostate cancer
relatives have an almost 2-fold increase in risk of breast cancer,” said Dr. Beebe-Dimmer. Dr. Beebe-Dimmer noted that patients and p...
Poor metabolic health increases risk for postmenopausal breast cancer irrespective of BMI
and insulin-resistant had an 84 percent greater risk of breast cancer than women who were overweight but not insulin-resistant. When using fasting...
Postmenopausal breast cancer risk decreases rapidly after starting regular physical activity
exercise should consider starting because their risk of breast cancer may decrease rapidly.” Fournier and colleagues analysed data obtained from b...
Smoking linked with increased risk of most common type of breast cancer
Society. The study indicates that an increased risk of breast cancer may be another health risk incurred by young women who...
Number of risky lifestyle factors is associated with an increased risk of some types of breast cancer
with risky lifestyle factors have an increased risk of breast cancer overall. According to a new Norwegian study [1], this association is limited... combined effect of these lifestyle factors on risk of breast cancer overall and by ER/ PR/HER2-defined subtypes. The authors conducted a...
Scientists find sex hormones and breast cancer link in women under 50
higher levels of sex hormones and an increased risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women, according to a study published in The Lancet Oncology... sulphate (DHEAS) and testosterone, increased the risk of breast cancer by between around one-fifth and around one-third. Professor Tim Key, lead... women, risk of breast cancer, oestradiol, oestrone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate...
Long term shift work a risk factor for breast cancer
Grundy A, Richardson H, et al. Increased risk of breast cancer associated with long-term shift work in Canada. Occupational and Environmental...
Early mammograms in young women at increased breast cancer risk may save lives
show that women under the age of 40 at higher risk of breast cancer who went for mammographic screening had their breast cancer detected at an... screening in women under 40 with an increased risk of breast cancer compared to the general population. More than 450,000 women in the UK under...
Tamoxifen class drugs reduce breast cancer rates by more than a third in women at high risk
should be recommended for women at high risk of breast cancer. Final guidance is expected later this year. It is estimated that around...
Heart disease risk after breast cancer radiotherapy smaller than previously thought
long been known that radiotherapy reduces the risk of breast cancer returning for many women after it has been removed by surgery. But the heart...
Post-menopausal women with diabetes at greater risk of breast cancer
women with diabetes at greater risk of breast cancer... type II diabetes had a 27 per cent increased risk of breast cancer. The increase in breast cancer risk seems to be restricted to post...
Exposure to X-rays raises risk of breast cancer in young women with BRCA faults
to X-rays raises risk of breast cancer in young women with BRCA... to see if variations in their DNA increased the risk of breast cancer after exposure to low doses of radiation. It found that women under 30 with...
An active lifestyle helps lower breast cancer risk
remain two of the best ways of reducing our risk of breast cancer, being active can clearly play a role too – but doesn’t have to cost you money ...
Breast cancer patients with high density mammograms do not have increased risk of death
study also found an increase in risk of breast cancer death associated with lower breast density among specific subgroups,...
Low levels of alcohol consumption associated with small increased risk of breast cancer
consumption associated with small increased risk of breast cancer... week is associated with a small increase in the risk of breast cancer, and consumption in both earlier and later adult life is also associated with... of alcohol has been associated with an increased risk of breast cancer. However, the effect of low levels of drinking as is common in the United...
Role of fat in assessing breast cancer risk
seen with a mammogram, is associated with a high risk of breast cancer. But the role of non-dense fat tissue in the breast is less clear. New...
Weight has strongest influence on breast cancer hormones in post menopausal women
oestrogen levels may contribute to the increased risk of breast cancer in regular drinkers. Women who smoked 15 cigarettes a day also had...
Population-based breast cancer screening not necessarily best for poorer countries
LMICs is less clear. Women in LMICs have a lower risk of breast cancer but tend to be diagnosed at a later stage when curative treatments are less...
Hormone therapy at menopause may pose breast cancer risk
time of menopause is associated with a greater risk of breast cancer compared to starting after a longer gap, according to a study published online...
Healthy lifestyle can reduce breast cancer risk even in women with family history
a healthy lifestyle can help women reduce their risk of breast cancer even if they have a family history of the disease, it has been claimed...
Relatives of young breast cancer patients could face increased risks of other cancers
that the relatives not only faced an increased risk of breast cancer, but also of prostate, lung, brain and urinary cancers. This could...
High-fat diet during puberty linked to breast cancer risk later in life
may be a key factor in increasing the risk of breast cancer. Those findings were published last year in the Journal of Steroid...
Gene target may block breast cancer recurrence and boost survival
a gene called POLQ is linked to an eight-fold risk of breast cancer returning. Developing drugs to block POLQ could increase survival and stop the...
Study does not prove link between household cleaning products and breast cancer
cleaning products are linked to an increased risk of breast cancer. They appear to show that women who say they used such products in the past... exposure, beliefs about disease causation, and risk of breast cancer in the Cape Cod Breast Cancer and Environment Study: a case-control study....
Men with faulty gene may carry breast cancer risk
DG, Susnerwala I, et al. Risk of breast cancer in male BRCA2 carriers. Journal of Medical Genetics 2010; 47(10):710-711. doi:...
Fish oil may reduce risk of breast cancer
oil may reduce risk of breast cancer... and DHA, was linked with a 32 percent reduced risk of breast cancer. The reduction in risk appeared to be restricted to invasive ductal breast...
New research on hormone link to breast cancer
a woman’s blood levels of IGF-1, the higher her risk of breast cancer. “We don’t yet fully understand what affects blood levels of this growth fac...
Osteoporosis drugs may help prevent breast cancer
known as osteoporosis – may also help reduce the risk of breast cancer by one third or more according to new research published in the British...
Breast density linked to cancer recurrence
Fishell E, et al. Mammographic density and the risk of breast cancer recurrence after breast-conserving surgery. Cancer 2009;...
‘Gene hunters’ find two new breast cancer genes
new regions of the genome that alter a woman's risk of breast cancer, according to a study in Nature Genetics... play an important part in influencing the risk of breast cancers, but inherited factors are also important in determining an individual...
Breast cancer rates fall as women abandon HRT
been a striking decline in the estimated excess risk of breast cancer in all age groups. Between 1999 and 2005 the risk to women in their 50s...
Breast cancer four times more likely in women with strong family history
of any age, has been quantified. The lifetime risk of breast cancer in the general population is one in nine. For the group studied, this risk...