Word: breasted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cumulative lifetime risk for breast cancer in American women is about 13 percent, Smith-Warner said...
...study showed that the correlation between alcohol consumption and breast cancer remained the same whether the alcohol came from beer, wine or liquor...
Researchers did not record information on the specific drinking patterns of respondents. According to Smith-Warner, the finding that one drink per day increases the risk of breast cancer by about nine percent does not necessarily mean that the drinks were distributed equally throughout the week...
According to a press release from HSPH, the 40 percent increased risk associated with alcohol consumption is about the same as the risk associated with a family history of breast cancer, menstruation before the age of 12, or never having children...
...earlier period or the lack of children both contribute to higher lifetime levels of estrogen, which has been postulated as a possible cause of breast cancer...