LLL's Womanly Art of Breastfeeding (sixth revised edition - 1997),
pp.371-373, suggests that "the effect [of breastfeeding] is strongest for
premenopausal breast cancer, although some studies show that breastfeeding
lowers the risk of breast cancer after menopause as well. Protection against
breast cancer is related to duration of breastfeeding, with the greatest
risk reduction seen in women whose total amount of breastfeeding, for one or
more children, totals several years." The excerpt goes on to reference
several articles from the American Journal of Epidemiology.
Barb Roseborough, MSN, RN
Saint Vincent Health Center
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> Subject: Re: LACTNET Digest - 15 Sep 1999 to 16 Sep 1999 - Special
> issue (#199...
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> This morning, Nikki wrote,
> << There is a lot of good research out there that says a baby's risk goes
> down by being breastfed, and also that the risk of pre- and postmenopausal
> breast cancer goes down when women breastfeed at least 3 months, and
> longer.
> It would be so powerful if the ACS listed breastfeeding, along with
> low-fat
> diet and frequent check-ups, as a recommendation.
> Breastfeeding is not the only thing one to reduce risk, but it is
> something that deserves mention. >>
>
> If anyone out there in lactation land could quote me some statistics on
> this,
> or even turn me on to some references, I would really appreciate it. I
> believe this to be true and have more than once tossed this off as a fact,
> but I have also often been challenged (by folks who don't know anything
> about lactation, which is generally why I am having the conversation with
> them in the first place), and I would feel better the next time this comes
> up
> if I could refer to some actual data so I am not just talking through my
> hat.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Elisheva Urbas
> in very rainy NYC, where the coattails of the hurricane are sweeping us 9
> inches of rain today
>
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