Women who breastfeed even for a short amount of time may have a lower risk of ovarian cancer | Malay Mail

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BRISBANE, April 7 — New research has found that women who breastfeed could benefit from a 24 per cent reduction in their risk of ovarian cancer. Carried out by a team at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia along with the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, the new research...

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Carried out by a team at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia along with the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium, the new research looked at data gathered from 13 studies around the world which had included a total of 9,973 women with ovarian cancer and 13,843 cancer-free women who acted as controls.

Senior Australian author of the study Professor Penelope Webb also pointed out that breastfeeding was associated with a lower risk of developing all ovarian cancers, including the most lethal type called high-grade serous tumors.

 

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