Thursday 26 July 2012

Benefit of exercise in lowering breast cancer risk

Benefit of exercise in lowering breast cancer risk is lost in postmenopausal women who had gained weight. [News item] BMJ 2012, 344 (published 26 June 2012).

Mayor, S.

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Physical activity reduces women’s risk of breast cancer except among postmenopausal women who gained substantial weight during adulthood, shows a US study.