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Breastfeeding may reduce hormone receptor negative breast cancer risk

https://www.facingourrisk.org/XRAY/breastfeeding-and-breast-cancer-risk
Full article: https://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2015/10/14/annonc.mdv379.full

Previous studies have shown that women who breastfeed have a reduced breast cancer risk. This study examines this association in the different breast cancer subtypes (ER, PR, HER2 negative/positive) and finds that breastfeeding is associated with a reduced risk of ER-/PR- breast cancer. (11/16/2015)

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