LivingSmoking increases the risk of breast cancer
Living

Smoking increases the risk of breast cancer

27

Women who smoke or have smoked about a packet of tobacco a day for 10 years or more have a higher risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer. This is the decisive conclusion of the latest study from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle and published in the journal Cancer .

The study investigated the relationship between smoking and breast cancer among young women and concluded that smoking is directly linked to an increased risk of breast cancer.

To do this, they conducted a study based on 778 patients with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer (the most common of breast cancers) and 182 patients with triple-negative breast cancer (less common but more aggressive).

The patients were between 20 and 44 years old and were diagnosed between 2004 and 2010.

The researchers determined that young women who were current or recent smokers and had smoked a packet of tobacco a day for at least 10 years had a 60% aggravated risk of being affected by the most common breast cancer .

Breast cancer has little pink

Given that in Mexico 70% of cancer diagnoses are made at an advanced stage, the cost is extremely high both in terms of impact on patients and their families.

Breast cancer during breastfeeding: a difficult diagnosis to face

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women in Spain. So far this year, 35,000 new cases have been diagnosed in our country according to the Spanish Association Against Cancer (AECC), and it is estimated that one in eight women will have breast cancer at some point in her life. However, it has a high survival rate: more than 90 percent overcome it or it becomes chronic, achieving a great quality of life.

When she was 34 weeks pregnant, she was diagnosed with a plugged milk duct:...

Lindsey Gritton, a 29-year-old mom we got in touch with, allowed us to share her story to warn other moms about how important it is to trust yourself when you feel like something isn't right.

Biomarkers of breast cancer discovered in breast milk

We have commented on several occasions that breast milk is a living, intelligent and inimitable food, which adapts to the needs of the baby at each stage of its development. Hence, it is recommended exclusively during the first six months of the baby and supplemented until at least two years of life.

"If you save the eggs, you stop the clock": the story of Estrella, a...

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women of childbearing age. According to the Spanish Association Against Cancer, each year 25,000 new cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in Spain.

More