Breastfeeding reduces the risk of breast cancer: A call for action in high‐income countries with low rates of breastfeeding

Abstract Women in the UK have a 15% lifetime risk of developing breast cancer. Like other high‐income countries, women in the UK are having children later in life which increases their risk. The risk of breast cancer is reduced by 4.3% for every 12 months of breastfeeding, this is in addition to the...

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Main Author: Britta Stordal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2023-02-01
Series:Cancer Medicine
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5288