Obesity in breast cancer

ABSTRACT

Breast cancer is the commonest tumour in females in Pakistan. A case control study was therefore, conducted in which 100 females with biopsy proven breast cancer and 100 normal females matched for age, as controls, were included. The study showed association between obesity and breast cancer occurrence, especially in post-menopausal women. No effect of height as a risk factor for breast cancer was found. Nutritional factors related to body weight can be risk factors at any time in adult life