Breast cancer risk may increase due to diabetes or obesity
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People who buy Canadian Tamoxifen may not only increase their chances of overcoming breast cancer, but may also save money in their cancer treatment. There are different factors that may influence whether an individual develops breast cancer. New research from Lund University in Sweden suggests that both diabetes and obesity can increase the likelihood that a woman will have this malignancy.
The team of scientists reviewed the medical records of more than 2,700 breast cancer patients, going as far back as 10 years before their diagnoses. These subjects were compared to more than 20,000 control that did not have the disease.
Results showed that obese women older than 60 years of age were 55 percent more likely to develop breast cancer. Furthermore, subjects who were diagnosed with diabetes within four years of getting breast cancer were 37 percent more likely to have have the malignancy, as presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium.
"This is useful information for women who want to know their risk and who can take steps to lower it," said researcher Hakan Olsson, MD.
Other findings suggested that abnormally low levels of blood lipids were associated with a higher likelihood for breast cancer, while high blood lipids had the opposite effects, the researchers said. However, the reasons for this are unclear.
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