New Delhi, 7 July (IANS). A new study by the World Health Organization has revealed that excess weight in women suffering from heart disease after menopause can increase the risk of breast cancer.
The study was published on Monday in the journal ‘Cancer’ of the American Cancer Society. According to the study, women who have high body mass index (BMI) have the risk of breast cancer already. Type-2 diabetes has not seen any significant impact on this danger, that is, more BMIs in women with diabetes and without diabetes increase the risk of breast cancer equally.
“The results of this study can help improve the breast cancer screening program,” said Hanz Fesleing, the organization’s Cancer Research Wing, International Agency for Research on Cancer researcher.
He suggested that in future weight loss trials should be researched on breast cancer prevention by including women with heart disease. Researchers analyzed the data of women’s 168,547 menopause women of European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition and UK Biobank. These women had neither type-2 diabetes nor heart disease when the study started. After a follow-up of about 10–11 years, breast cancer was found in women after 6,793 menopause.
The study also revealed that excess weight and heart disease together can cause 153 additional breast cancer cases per 100,000 people every year. Earlier researches have proved that obesity increases 12 types of cancer, such as uterus, kidney, liver and colorectal cancer.
At the same time, a study published in the journal ‘Nature Communications’ recently found that overweight women have more chances of getting large tumors and advanced stage breast cancer.
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