Exercise and breast cancer - time to get moving?

Article Abstract:

Although it is unclear how exercise reduces the risk of breast cancer, physicians should encourage their female patients to exercise regularly. A 1997 study found that women who exercised regularly reduced their risk of breast cancer by 37% on average. This has also been confirmed by other studies. However, the mechanism by which this happens is not entirely known. Exercise could reduce obesity, which has been linked to breast cancer. It may also activate the immune system. Exercise can also reduce the risk of many other chronic diseases.

Editorial

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Estrogen plus progestin and colorectal cancer in postmenopausal women

Article Abstract:

The Women's Health Initiative (WHI) conducted a trial of estrogen and progestin in post-menopausal women. The trial concluded that relatively short-term use of estrogen plus progestin was associated with a decreased risk of colorectal cancer. However, colorectal cancer in women who took both were diagnosed at a more advanced stage than those who took placebo.

Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing, Management dynamics, Pharmaceutical preparations, Estrogen & Progestogen Preps, Patient outcomes, Diagnosis, Practice, Influence, Colorectal cancer, Clinical trials, Postmenopausal women, Estrogen, Estrogens, Progesterone

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Recreational physical activity and the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women: the Women's Health Initiative cohort study

Article Abstract:

Women can lower their risk of breast cancer by walking briskly for at least two hours a week, according to a study of 74,171 postmenopausal women. Women who exercised in this manner had an 18% lower risk of developing breast cancer than women who did not. This is not very much, but exercise has other health benefits as well.

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