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29 Sep 2005 12:42:43 pm

Smoking Increases Risk of Breast Cancer

Keep your cigarette pack aside. It would not only increase the risk for lung cancer, but also may increase the risk for breast cancer as well. If you use hormone replacement therapy (HRT), be aware that combination HRT with smoking may actually double your risk of developing breast cancer.

Older women who have smoked for 11 or more "pack years" face a 30 percent to 40 percent increased risk of developing breast cancer as compared to women who've never smoked, according to new findings from Christopher I. Li, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.

" Pack years" is a term usually used to quantify the amount of smoking. One pack year is the amount of exposure you would get from smoking one pack of cigarette for one year. You may get the same one pack year by smoking 2 packs a day for six months or 4 packs a day for three months. So 11 pack years basically means the exposure to smoking obtained by smoking one pack a day for 11 years or 2 packs a day for 5.5 years or any other combination.

The researchers also found that if a long-term smoker also uses combination hormone replacement therapy their risk of developing breast cancer goes up by 110 percent.

"We found a 30 to 40 percent increased risk of breast cancer among women who were current or long-term smokers, women who started smoking at a younger age and also women who started smoking before their first full-term birth," Li said.

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