Breast Cancer Recurrence Risk Goes Up With Weight
Even being moderately overweight is linked to a higher risk of breast
cancer recurrence, finds a new study published Monday in the journal
Cancer.
Despite the best treatment, researchers at Montefiore Medical Center
found, the higher a woman's body mass index (BMI), the higher her risk
of developing breast cancer again after treatment. Moreover, women who
were obese at time of breast cancer diagnosis had approximately a 30
percent higher risk of recurrence and a nearly 50 percent higher risk of
death than those who were normal weight at time of diagnosis...
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