Mothers all over the world have been warned of the importance of breastfeeding as it shields them from this deadly illness.
A mother breastfeeding her baby
Women who breastfeed their children have been found to be at
substantially less risk of developing uterus cancer, according to
researchers at the QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in
Australia.
Dr Susan Jordan, head of the Cancer Causes and Care research group
at QIMR Berghofer said that women who breastfeed at least one child have
a lower risk of contracting cancer of the uterus.
“We found that the longer women breast-fed each child, the more
their risk of uterine cancer reduced, up until nine months when the
reduction in risk plateaued,” Jordan said.
The research into the link between breastfeeding and this form of
cancer was the largest ever undertaken, with the team at QIMR Berghofer
analysing data collected from over 26,000 Australian women, with over
9,000 of those having uterine cancer.
“We looked at the total amount of time these women had spent breastfeeding over the course of their lives,” Jordan said.
“We found that women who had ever breastfed had an 11 percent
lower risk of developing uterine cancer than women who had never
breastfed.”
Within the results was also an interesting correlation between the
duration of the breastfeeding and subsequent lowering of the likelihood
of contracting uterus cancer, with women who breastfed for three to six
months having a 7 percent less risk of the cancer, and women who
breastfed for six to nine months having their risk reduced by 11
percent.
“In other words, a woman who breastfed two children for nine
months each had around a 22 percent lower risk of uterus cancer than a
woman who had never breastfed her children,” Jordan said
However, not every woman is able to breastfeed, and Jordan said
there are other things that women can do to lower the risk of
endometrial, or uterus cancer.
“Having a baby reduces your risk, similarly taking the oral
contraceptive pill can reduce the risk of endometrial cancer; but
probably the best thing to do is make sure you have a healthy
lifestyle,” Jordan said.
“Eat well, avoid putting on weight, and exercise regularly, these are all key things to reduce the risk of uterus cancer.”
-Xinhua/NAN
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