<<NEWS ON BREASTFEEDING AND BREAST CANCER
Women at very high risk  of developing breast cancer, those with the BRCA1 
mutation, have a lower chance  of developing the disease if they breastfeed.  
According to an article on  WebMDHealth, women who breastfeed for at least the 
first year of their child’s  life have a 45% reduced chance of developing 
breast cancer.  However, this  does not seem to apply to people with the BRCA2 
mutation.  In the US, about  180,000 women develop breast cancer each year, and 
about 70% of women who  develop breast cancer have one of these two gene 
mutations.  For more  information, go to  
http://my.webmd.com/content/article/91/100948.htm?lastselectedguid=%7B5FE84E
>>
 
Debbie Tobin
RN BSN IBCLC LCCE
_LCAGW.org _ (http://www.lcagw.org/) Co-VP  
Springfield, Virginia USA

In the Fairfax County  suburbs outside the Washington DC beltway

_BestBreastfeeding.Info_ (http://www.bestbreastfeeding.info/) 



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