| Breast cancer risks are important information that | | | | Another risk for overweight women is the later |
| every women should know since this disease is one | | | | detection of tumors. It is harder to the problem in |
| of the most common cancers found in women. One | | | | heavy women than it is in thin women. Where the |
| risk is having thyroid disease. In an Italian report, it | | | | excess body fat is located also becomes a risk. A |
| was shown that about 50% of the women in the | | | | large amount of abdominal fat gives a woman a |
| study who developed the disease had thyroid | | | | greater breast cancer risk than those with fat |
| conditions which were not yet diagnosed. These | | | | distributed over the hips, backside, and legs. |
| included three distinct thyroid disorders: Goiter, | | | | Genetics play a huge role in breast cancer risks. If |
| Hashimoto's, and sub-acute thyroiditis. Subclinical and | | | | your mother had the disease, you are much more |
| sub-optimal hypothyroidism were not included in this | | | | likely to develop it than someone who has no family |
| study. This study may suggest that doctors ought to | | | | history of breast cancer. Additional family members |
| test their thyroid patients for cancer, which might | | | | with cancer increase your own likelihood of having it |
| help with early detection and preventive measures. It | | | | as well. There are many studies in genetics that may |
| also shows that a lack of iodine may be an easily | | | | cause cancer and the way the genes affect children |
| reversed breast cancer risk. | | | | of those who have breast cancer. |
| Obesity and becoming overweight are also breast | | | | It has also been shown that smoking causes |
| cancer risks. After menopause, there is a 1.5 times | | | | increased risk. There have been studies showing that |
| the risk for the illness in obese women compared to | | | | smoking can increase the risk of breast cancer as |
| women at a healthy weight. Other studies show that | | | | much as 59 percent. Because cancer can be dormant |
| thousands of deaths per year in American women | | | | for several years, controlling our lifestyle can help |
| over 50 who have cancer might have been avoided | | | | prevent or minimize the chances of developing the |
| if the women had maintained a lower weight. | | | | disease. Maintaining a healthy weight, getting the |
| Overweight women also have higher levels of | | | | thyroid checked and quitting smoking, in addition to |
| estrogen in their bodies. High levels of estrogen can | | | | eating healthy foods, taking proper exercise, and |
| stimulate estrogen sensitive tissues in obese women, | | | | getting regular checkups are all ways of minimizing |
| causing rapid growth of estrogen-responsive breast | | | | breast cancer risks. |
| tumors. | | | | |