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2009-09-01

Breast Cancer Risk in Smokers and Overweight Women

Do women who smoke have an increased breast cancer risk? Does exercise decrease breast cancer risk? Does weight gain increase the risk of breast cancer?

Weight History, Smoking, Physical Activity and Breast Cancer Risk among French-Canadian Women Non-Carriers of More Frequent BRCA1/2 Mutations.

Weight gain and smoking increased breast cancer risk.
Moderate physical activity decreased breast cancer risk.
Women at increased genetic risk for breast cancer were excluded from this study.

Journal of Cancer Epidemiology
Volume 2009 (2009), Article ID 748367

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