Preventing Breast Cancer

Maggie: My name is Maggie from Newport, Rhode Island. Is there anything I can do to prevent breast cancer?

Dr. Paul Tartter: Well, there is not very much you can do actually, Maggie. We've spent billions and billions of dollars on the research related to diet and breast cancer. We actually have nothing to show for it despite all the money we've thrown at it.

The only thing that we've observed is that women who have their ovaries out at a young age significantly reduce the risk. Women who exercise two streams such as marathon runners who don't get menstrual periods, have a lower risk, but other than that there is not very much you can do to reduce your risk of getting breast cancer.


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