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Nancy
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Topic: BREAST FEEDING Posted: Aug 31 2008 at 5:54pm |
Ladies,
Connie has asked me to set up a poll addressing breast feeding. Pam had posted an article on this subject just today, and it stated:
As reported in the journal Cancer , breast feeding for at least 6 months was found to reduce the risk for triple-negative disease (odds ratio {OR}=0.5 and to a lesser extent luminal breast cancer (OR=0.80) compared with breast feeding for less than 6 months.
Connie said that she would like to see if we can get more women to complete this poll, than the 78 cases of triple-negative that this study had reported. I have never set up a poll before, so Pam will have to tell me if I need to edit or change it in any way. I'm not even sure if the poll choices I selected are what we need.
Nancy
Edited by Nancy - Sep 09 2008 at 2:40pm
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trip2
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Posted: Sep 01 2008 at 7:03am |
Nancy the poll looks fine to me. Maybe someone else might have a suggestion, thanks!
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sanjoy
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Posted: Sep 06 2008 at 9:55am |
I had always heard that breast feeding was a way to reduce your risk of breast cancer. I have 3 sons, all of whom I breast fed until they were a year old. Then, with no family history, at the age of 55 in June of 07 I have tnbc. So, obviously for me it didn't help, but I still would have breast fed anyway.
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judithscott
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Posted: Sep 08 2008 at 2:39pm |
Hi,
you are asking about breast feeding, i personally feel that breast feeding is for to less breast cancer the and you can also know more about breast feeding from via searching sites about breast feeding.
Edited by judithscott - Sep 22 2008 at 12:56pm
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kirby
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Posted: Sep 08 2008 at 2:54pm |
It surely didn't reduce my risk ! I breast fed 2 daughters for over a year each. 7 1/2 years later is when my tumor was found.
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NancyJane
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Posted: Sep 09 2008 at 9:30am |
Just a thought, however, there is no way to respond that you have never been pregnant. I wonder if we should add that as an option because not breast feeding due to no pregnancy is biologically (hormonally) different than not breast feeding after a pregnancy.
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Nancy
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Posted: Sep 09 2008 at 2:38pm |
Nancy Jane,
I will try to do what you have suggested, but I don't believe there is another space on the poll. I'll ask Pam.
Nancy
I DID IT NANCY JANE!!
Edited by Nancy - Sep 09 2008 at 2:41pm
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Posted: Jul 22 2009 at 12:43pm |
Well, breastfeeding led to slow diagnosis for me. Because I was still nursing when I found a lump in my breast, my doc and I both assumed it was mastitis, and then an abscess. Took about 3 months before I found out it was cancer. Just bad luck, though.
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