Short Breastfeeding Duration is Associated With Premature Onset of Female Breast Cancer

à ngel Fernández-Aparicio, Jacqueline Schmidt-RioValle, Pedro A. García and Emilio González-Jiménez

Clinical Nursing Research, 2022, vol. 31, issue 5, 901-908

Abstract: Currently, there is controversy concerning potential factors that contribute to the development of breast cancer. Our study analyzed the possible association between weight status, cigarette consumption, lactation period, serum estrogen levels, family history of breast cancer, and age at breast cancer diagnosis. We conducted a retrospective study at a University Hospital in Granada (Spain) by consulting the medical records of 524 women aged 19 to 91 years, all of them diagnosed and treated for breast cancer from 2011 to 2019. Our findings indicated that in non-morbidly obese females who were also non-smokers, a maternal lactation period of more than 3 months ( p  = .013) and the absence of family antecedents of cancer ( p  = .025) were statistically significant factors that led to a more advanced age at breast cancer diagnosis. Thus, maternal lactation seems to have a potential protective effect on breast cancer.

Keywords: breast cancer; obesity; breastfeeding; disease prevention (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211069725

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