<<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
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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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