Exercise may increase breast cancer survival for young women

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Overweight or obese young women who report moderate or vigorous physical activity during the year prior to their breast cancer diagnosis have increased five-year survival, researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have found. The results show a modest improvement in long-term survival for all women ages 20 to 54 years old who were active just before breast cancer diagnosis. The effects of physical activity were most significant for women with a body mass index greater than 25. Understanding the link between breast cancer and lifestyle factors such as exercise can help explain variation in survival rates among women, said Dr. Page Abrahamson, who conducted the study as a graduate student in UNC's School of Public Health. "Disease stage and tumor grade are estimated to only explain about 20 percent of variation in survival. Identifying other factors that affect prognosis will help us identify women at increased risk of death and provide more ways for patients to enhance their survival," said Abrahamson, now a postdoctoral researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, Wash.

 

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