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Environmental contaminants and breast cancer

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Sort Desciption: The number of new breast cancer cases among women is increasing in almost all Western ... hormones play a role in breast cancer has led to renewed concerns ...

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According to recent figures, the number of women diagnosed with breast cancer in Europe grows continuously, especially in eastern Europe. The risk of contracting breast cancer is highest in northern and western Europe 1 . Throughout their lifetime, around 1 in 9 women in the UK will be diagnosed with breast cancer. These worrying trends are only partly explained by life choices and changes in lifestyle. For example, it has long been known that breast cancer risks are higher among women who have their first baby late in life, or who do not have children. Around 1 in 20 breast cancer cases are believed to be inherited, but for the overwhelming majority of women the disease is not passed on through genes but acquired during their lifetime 2 . High alcohol consumption 3 and high fat ...

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