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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Wiley
2023-02-01
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Series: | Cancer Medicine |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1002/cam4.5288 |