Dieting May Lower Hormone Levels Tied to Breast Cancer MONDAY,
May 21 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that weight
loss through exercise and dieting helps overweight women lower
the levels of certain hormones in their blood, potentially
raising the odds that they'll avoid developing breast cancer.
The findings don't prove that losing weight this way will
prevent breast cancer. Still, women who take medications to
prevent the disease "need long-term solutions for managing their
risk," study co-author Dr. Anne McTiernan, director of the
Prevention Center at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center,
said in a news release from the center. "Weight loss represents
an additional option for long-term breast cancer risk reduction
without significant or bothersome side effects," McTiernan
added. The study is published in the May 21 online issue of the
Journal of Clinical Oncology. Previous research at the center
has suggested that "losing just 5 percent or more of one's
weight could cut by a quarter to a ha