For any woman, having a significant family history of breast cancer is the largest single risk factor for developing the disease in the future. Breast cancer can be inherited as a mutation in either of the high-risk BRCA 1/ 2 genes or the dozen or so intermediate risk genes such as ATM, CHEK2 and PALB2. The third type of inherited …
Exercise may increase breast cancer survival
Exercise may increase breast cancer survival and improve symptoms of fatigue after breast cancer treatment. The Australian Exercise for Health trials presented their work at the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium and showed that an individually – prescribed and monitored exercise programme started during breast cancer treatment and continued for 8 months improved overall survival in women less than …
Breast cancer risk & lifestyle factors
The World Cancer Research Fund and American Institute for Cancer Research established the continuous update programme to monitor all relevant studies and trials looking at the links between cancer risk and lifestyle factors. At the 2017 San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium they presented the updated findings for breast cancer. For pre-menopausal women, it is estimated that vigorous exercise will reduce …
Vitamin D and Breast Cancer Risk
A group from Spain (MCC – Spain) have found a possible link between breast cancer risk and vitamin D (25-OH-vitamin D) levels in the blood. Vitamin D has been shown to protect against colorectal cancer but the connection between breast cancer risk and vitamin D levels is less clear. The Spanish group presented their results at the recent San Antonio …