Obesity, alcohol consumption and smoking increase the risk of second breast cancer

Wednesday, September 9, 2009 - 08:35 in Health & Medicine

It is well known that survivors of breast cancer have a much higher risk of developing a second breast cancer than women in the general population have of developing a first breast cancer. However, little is known about what lifestyle factors may make survivors more vulnerable to a second cancer...

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