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For LACNETTERS'interest:
June 1999

~~~Health in the News~~~

~ BREASTFEEDING AND THE RISK OF BREAST CANCER ~
A new study indicates that breastfeeding may reduce the risk of breast
cancer.  Researchers at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill
examined data from the Carolina Breast Cancer Study and compared the
rates of breast cancer in 751 mothers who had breastfed at least once
and 743 mothers who had not.  Research has found that the risk of breast
cancer was reduced by 20% in women age 20 to 49 years and by 30% in
women ages 50 to 74 years who had breastfed, compared to those who had
not breastfed.  Authors conclude that breastfeeding is associated with a
reduction in the risk of breast cancer among both younger and older
women and speculate that breastfeeding may cause structural changes in
the breast that offer the protective factors.  The study is in the
International Journal of Epidemiology (1999;28:396-402).

Francoise Courville, M.Sc., IBCLC.
professeure en Sciences Infirmieres
Module des sciences de la sante
Universite du Quebec a Chicoutimi
555 boulevard de l'Universite
Chicoutimi (Quebec)
Canada G7H 2B1
Tel: (418) 545-5011
Fax: (418) 545-5012
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