I might me citing "old" studies, but the following references appear in the
Spanish version of the Womanly Art of Breastfeeding, when it says that
breastfeeding between six and 24 months during the reproductive life of a
woman, could lower the risk of breast cancer between 11 and 25% (Lyde 1989,
Newcomb 1994)
-McTierman, A y Thomas, D B. Evidence for a protective effect of lactation
on risk of breast cancer in young women. American J Epidemiol. 1986;
124:353-58
-Brinton, L. A. et al. Breastfeeding and breast cancer risk. Cancer causes
and control 1995; 6: 199-208
-Romieu, I. et al. Breast cancer and lactation history in Mexican women.
American J Epidemiol. 1996; 143(6):543-52
-Yoo, K. et al. Independent protective effect of lactation against breast
cancer : a case control study in Japan. American J Epidemiol. 1992;
135(7):726-33
-Newcomb P. et al. Lactation and a reduced risk of premenopausal cancer
breast cancer. N England J Med 1994; 330(2):81-87
-Freudenheim, J. et al. Exposure to breast milk in infancy and the risk of
breast cancer. Epidemiology 1994; 5(3): 324-31.
-Layde, P. M. et al. The independent associates of parity age at first
fullterm pregnancy, and duration of breastfeeding with the risk of breast
cancer. J Clin. Epidemiol. 1989; 42(10): 963-73
-Hirose, K et al. A large scale hospital-based case control study of risk
factors of breast cancer according to menopausal status. Jpn J Cancer Res.
1995; 861 46-54.
During the recent observance of the Day Againts Breast Cancer, I reprinted
the pages and made pink copies; sent them to all major newspapers, radio and
TV stations in Madrid, distributed them together with the Spanish
Association Against Cancer....and not a single word in the media...It really
makes you wonder about what we all know in Lactnet: would this be the case
if there was a drug on the market that could claim the same?
Lavinia Belli, LLL, IBCLC
Slightly dissapointed but not defeated, in Madrid.
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