London : Most women are unaware that drinking alcohol or being obese could increase their risk of developing breast cancer, shows a Britain-based survey, reports IANS.
“There are ways women can potentially reduce their breast cancer risk — including drinking less alcohol and keeping a healthy weight.
But most of the women we questioned did not know this,” said study co-author Ellen Copson, associate professor of medical oncology at University of Southampton.
When researchers gave a questionnaire to 206 women, who were either having a breast screening mammogram or were at a clinic having possible breast cancer symptoms checked out, they discovered that less than a quarter knew that alcohol could increase their breast cancer risk.
The researchers also found that less than a third of the women recognised that obesity could increase some people’s risk of developing the disease.
