Jean Kotterman said the link below did not work.  It was due to one dash
inserted for the 
continuation of the URL.  Depending on how it comes through, you may have to
cut and paste.

http://drhotzeblog.netymology.com/2006/09/11/broken-promises-the-history-of-
hrt-2
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http://www.timesherald.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=17298792&BRD=1672&PAG=461&de
pt_id=32099&rfi=6

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Pat Young mentioned the protection:
Personally I believe the increase is due to the fact that we are into the 
2nd and 3rd generation of non breastfed women, we know it protects mother 
and daughter to breastfeed for a "normal" amount of time.

This may have been discussed on Lactnet before and I searched the archives, 
but finding that the act of having been breastfed confers some protection or

lowers risk of developing breast cancer as an adult woman is new to me.  

Any other newer study that mentions the benefit to the breastfed child?  
Wondering if there is a protection for male children in certain adult
cancers? 
Judy Ritchie 

http://www.internethealthlibrary.com/Health-problems/Breast%20Cancer%20-%20r
esearchDiet&Lifestyle.htm

Formula-fed babies & Breast Cancer

Scientists believe that early childhood nutrition in the form of formula,
bottle-feeding may lead to a higher subsequent risk of breast cancer in
adult-hood. A study conducted at the Department of Social and Preventive
Medicine, State University of New York in Buffalo, USA (20) revealed that
there is a definite association of having been breast fed in infancy with a
reduced risk of breast cancer. In a case-control study of 1130 women age
40-85 years in western New York, 528 women who had been newly diagnosed as
having primary, pathologically confirmed breast cancer were matched against
602 healthy women who had been randomly selected from the same community and
were matched on age. 
The data revealed that there was a strong association between having been
breast fed in infancy and a decreased risk of breast cancer. The researchers
concluded that their findings indicate that bottle-feeding and early
introduction of solids into an infant's diet may relate to breast cancer
development in adulthood. Other studies have suggested that not only will
breast feeding help to protect the child from future breast cancer, but that
it may also protect the mother. Researchers believe that breast feeding an
infant may reduce the mother's risk of developing breast cancer by up to 33%
(21).

(20) Freudenheim J L; Marshall JR; Graham 5; Laughlin R; Vena JE; Bandera E;
Muti P; Swanson M; Nemoto T. Exposure to breast milk in infancy and the risk
of breast cancer. Epidemiology (UNITED STATES) May 1994, 5 (3) p324-31
(21) The Doctors people Newsletter July 1989 2:7:p6(3)

 

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