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Excessive weight gain during pregnancy can increase breast cancer risk.(Brief Article)
2002 MAY 9 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Gaining more than 50 pounds during pregnancy, and not losing the excess weight postpregnancy, could triple a woman's risk of developing breast cancer after menopause, according to a study conducted by researchers at Lombardi Cancer Center in Washington, DC, and in Finland.
Pregnancy weight gain of 40 pounds increased breast cancer risk by 40%. The findings were presented April 9, 2002, at the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) annual meeting in San Francisco, California.
Pregnancy weight gain has been linked in previous studies to increased estrogen levels, which in turn are believed to increase breast cancer risk, researchers said. Their findings are based on the study of more than 27,000 breast cancer patients in Finland, identified through a national cancer registry. Information about breast cancer diagnosis and pregnancy weight gain were obtained from a national cancer registry, maternity center registries and from a questionnaire completed by the ...
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