In order to reduce breast cancer risk, certain steps should be taken early in life. Discover two of these steps.
If young women take certain simple steps when they are adolescents,
they may reduce risk of breast cancer later in life. A research
suggests that puberty could be a crucial time for development of breast
cancer.
Regular exercise is believed to delay the beginning of a girl's first
menstrual period. That is when the body creates hormones that stimulate
the majority of breast cancers. According to a study, just 4 hours of
weekly exercise can postpone hormone surges for up to 12 months.
Four hours a week is not a large amount of activity for a girl. She can
play dodge ball, play on the playground or ride her bike. Because
exercise can lower hormone activity, it can reduce risk of breast
cancer, even after a girl starts having periods.
One more way is cutting back on fat. Girl who cut her fat intake by
only 6 percent lowered her estrogen and progesterone levels by at least
30 percent, according to a study. These theories are not really well
tested and need more research.
Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women, other than skin
cancer. In the United States approximately 183,000 new cases are
diagnosed and about 41,000 women die each year from cancer originating
in the breast.
