This month's feature article in Artemis, a monthly newsletter put out by the John Hopkins Breast Center, focuses on the correlation between obesity and breast cancer treatment. A study conducted by the Institute of Cancer Research in London found that "hormone-suppressing drugs did markedly reduce estrogen levels in obese women...but their levels of estrogen remained more than double those of women of normal weight." These findings will aid doctors in selecting the most appropriate treatment for overweight or obese women afflicted with breast cancer. As the researchers state, more than 75% of breast cancers require estrogen to grow, thus "the main ways of treating the disease is by blocking the hormone's production or action."
To read more about this and other stories in the August 2012 issue of Artemis, click here.
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