Monday, December 15, 2008

Over weight Women at RIsk for Advanced breast Cancer

overweight and obese women are at increased risk of breast cancer and of being diagnosed with advanced disease, according to results of a large study published WEdnesday, November 26, 2008 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.

And its not because overweight and obese women ger fewer mammograms than normal-weight women. "Even after taking into account how often women were screened for breast cancer, overweight women had a 10 perccent increased risk of advanced disease and obese women a 56 percent to 82 percent increased risk of advanced disease compared to normal-weight women," this is according to Dr. Karla Kerlikowske.

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