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Article: Staying slim improves survival odds after breast cancer diagnosis, researchers report
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- December 7, 2007
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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 (5 kilograms) a woman gains after being diagnosed with breast cancer, the chances of it proving fatal go up 14 percent.
The study is by no means definitive, but gives the strongest evidence yet that controlling weight _ a good idea anytime in life _ may be especially important after breast cancer.
"There was a significant trend between increasing levels of weight gain and higher mortality," said Hazel Nichols, a doctoral student at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. "Lifestyle ...