Weight gain hurts breast cancer survival (AP)

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Reply Fri 7 Dec, 2007 08:15 pm
Weight gain hurts breast cancer survival
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AP - Breast cancer patients might have a powerful incentive to avoid gaining weight: better odds of surviving the disease. New research suggests that for every 11 pounds a woman gains after being diagnosed with breast cancer, the chances of it proving fatal go up 14 percent.

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