Pregnancy exposures determine risk of breast cancer in multiple generations of offspring

Tuesday, September 11, 2012 - 11:02 in Health & Medicine

Researchers have demonstrated, in animals, that maternal exposure to a high-fat diet or excess estrogen during pregnancy can increase breast cancer risk in multiple generations of female offspring -- daughters, granddaughters and even great-granddaughters.

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