RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Simplifying the Energy Balance Message for Breast Cancer Prevention
JF Cancer Prevention Research
JO Cancer Prev Res (Phila)
FD American Association for Cancer Research
SP 511
OP 514
DO 10.1158/1940-6207.CAPR-12-0088
VO 5
IS 4
A1 Fabian, Carol J.
YR 2012
UL http://cancerpreventionresearch.aacrjournals.org/content/5/4/511.abstract
AB Simple prevention messages based on understandable biologic principles are likely to be adopted. The long-held premise that postmenopausal obesity elevates, but premenopausal obesity reduces, risk for breast cancer is confusing to the public. Furthermore, decades of positive energy balance may be difficult to suddenly reverse at the time of the menopause. In this issue (beginning on page 583), Cecchini et al. suggest that obesity may also be a risk factor for pre-menopausal women 35 and older who have additional risk factors for breast cancer. Although the relative impact of dysregulated energy metabolism depends on many factors including age, hormonal milieu, and competing risk factors, as well as how it is measured, avoiding weight gain after age 30 is increasingly being recognized as a simple way to reduce risk of breast cancer. Cancer Prev Res; 5(4); 511–4. ©2012 AACR. Perspective on Cecchini et al., p. 583