Sunday, March 27, 2011

Expert: Stress not cause of breast cancer

MELBOURNE, March 24 (UPI) -- Breast cancer survivors in Australia mistakenly peg stress as the cause of their cancer and underestimate the effect of lifestyle, researchers say.
Researchers at Monash University in Melbourne found 58 percent of women who had breast cancer say their cancer was caused by stress and 2 percent attributed their breast cancer to lifestyle factors such as diet, exercise and alcohol.
Study co-authors Dr. Christine Bennett, chairwoman of the Bupa Health Foundation,

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