Female smokers risk breast cancer

Smoking prior to a first pregnancy increases a woman's risk of breast cancer by 20% compared to non-smokers and those women who start smoking after their first pregnancy. The age at which a woman starts to procreate also dictates her risk of later developing breast cancer, the earlier she starts, the lesser the risk. The study was conducted on postmenopausal women, as this is the age group at which most breast cancer is diagnosed.

Source: summary of medical news story as reported by News Inferno.com

Related Disease Topics:

• Pregnancy
• Breast cancer
• Postmenopausal

Article Source Details

About: Female smokers risk breast cancer

Date: 3 December 2005

Source: News Inferno.com

URL: http://www.newsinferno.com/storypages/12-03-2005~004.html

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This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Risk and postmenopausal
• Risk and breast cancer
• Risk and pregnancy
• Risk and smoking
• Risk and women's health
• Risk and cancer of the breast
• Risk and mammary cancer
• Risk and childrearing
• Research
• Research and postmenopausal
• Research and breast cancer
• Research and pregnancy
• Research and smoking
• Research and women's health
• Research and cancer of the breast
• Research and mammary cancer
• Research and childrearing

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