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Post-Menopausal Women Reduce Breast Cancer Risk With Exercise
"..physical
activity has been proposed as a modifiable risk factor for breast cancer."
The authors analyzed data from the American Cancer Society Cancer
Prevention Study on
72,608 women over a five-year period.
Their
conclusion? "Our findings are
consistent with other studies that show
lower risk of postmenopausal breast cancer
associated with regular physical activity."
From: Cancer
Causes & Control, vol. 14, 2003. By: Patel, Calle, Bernstein, Wu & Thun,
American Cancer Soc., 15999 Clifton Rd. NE, Atlanta, GA 30329-4251, Dept.
of Preventative Med., U. of So. Cal. School of Med., Los Angeles, CA,
Dept. of Epidemiology,
ACS,
Atlanta, GA.
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