Obesity worsens locally advanced breast cancer prognosis

Friends and family may wonder why I seem so obsessed with keeping my weight in check after breast cancer. Although I was of a very small, normal weight at time of my diagnosis, I had previously been about 40 pounds overweight during my late 30’s and early 40’s. I don’t know if there is a definite link, but it’s sure suspicious. This I know, adipose fat feeds the body estrogren, and that will feed estrogren receptor positive breast cancer.

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