While regular exercise has long been associated with lower breast cancer risk for post-menopausal women, a new Polish breast cancer study emphasizes the importance of physical activity on hormone levels. Dr. Cher Dallal, cancer prevention fellow at the U.S. National Cancer Institute explains that the Polish study, evaluating 540 women between the ages of 40 and 74 who wore an accelerometer for seven days, indicates that "increased overall activity appears to increase the metabolism of estrogen", lowering hormone levels and potentially reducing breast cancer risk.
Click here to read more about this study, which was presented on April 9, 2013 at the American Association for Cancer Research annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
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