A more recent reference than has been noted to date used a large sample of
women in Mexico where the likelihood of breastfeeding includes extended
experience for many.  Their findings do NOT support the more wishy-washy
conclusions of others.  They found a clear reduction in risk for breast
cancer in BOTH premenopausal and postmenopausal women and contned that it
relates to extended breastfeeding expeirence.  Is it not possible that the
less conclusive (weaker statistical outcomes) of other studies may be
related to the WAY the women in those studies breastfed--not just frequency
of initiation, but duration of exclusive and any breastfeeding?

Check it out yourself.

Romieu I, et al: Breast cancer and lactation history in Mexican women. AM J
EPIDEMIOL 143:543-52, 1996



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