Hello Friends,
I get this update weeky from Intelihealth Professional Connect. I thought
this piece had an interesting tidbit on breastfeeding. I don't know if 0.6%
is significant or not, any comments from anyone or our very own Kathy
Dettwyler?
Roni Chastain, RN, LCCE, FACCE
<<<<<<<Certain Reproductive Events During Adolescence Increase Breast
Cancer Risk
WESTPORT, Jul 30 (Reuters Health) - Pregnancy during adolescence
probably does not increase the risk of subsequent breast cancer,
but breast-feeding during adolescence may, according to data from
the Carolina Breast Cancer Study. African-American adolescents
who use oral contraceptives may also be at increased risk of
breast cancer. Dr. Pamela M. Marcus, of the National Cancer
Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, and a multicenter team report
results from the population-based case-control study in the
American Journal of Public Health for August. The findings are
based on logistic regression analysis of responses from 862 case
patients and 790 control patients, obtained during face-to-face
interviews.
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Dr. Pamela M. Marcus, of the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda,
Maryland, and a multicenter team report results from the population-based
case-control study in the American Journal of Public Health for August. The
findings are based on logistic regression analysis of responses from 862 case
patients and 790 control patients, obtained during face-to-face interviews.
The researchers found that full-term pregnancy, defined as gestation of 7
months or more, before age 20 did not increase or decrease the risk of breast
cancer relative to women with a first full-term pregnancy between the ages of
20 and 29.
However, the odds ratio for breast cancer was 0.6 among women who breast-fed
before age 20, relative to parous, premenopausal women who had no history of
breast-feeding. The research team cautions that "...this result was based on
small numbers of women reporting lactation during their teen years."
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