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Secret Link between Obesity and Breast Cancer
No one knows the exact causes of breast cancer. Doctors are careful when discussing reasons why one woman would experience breast cancer while another, in the same family or circle of friends would be cancer free.
American Cancer Society researchers have documented there is a growing connection between breast cancer and obesity – especially abdominal and upper-body obesity. For example, almost half of all breast cancer cases occur in obese women.
Also, cancerous breast tumors are notoriously hard to find in young women with more than 15-20 percent excess body fat. Exactly how severe overweight leads to breast cancers is not yet known. The link between body mass index and breast cancer is mostly statistical. “We can see it, but we don’t understand exactly why it exists.”
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