BREAST CANCER PREVENTION: A NEW PRIORITY?

The headline yesterday, too little money is prioritized for breast cancer prevention research, caught my eye and perhaps yours, too.  That is the conclusion of the Interagency Breast Cancer and Environmental Research Coordinating Committee made up of both federal and nonfederal scientists and patient advocates, co-chaired by Dr Michele Forman here at UT.  You may read a summary of the 270 page report at http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/boards/ibcercc/#.URo2xzP3dAk.mailto.

This recent report is, undoubtedly, a reaction to what the government spends (or doesn't spend) on breast cancer prevention.  (By the way, I didn't hear anything about "the state" of spending for breast cancer prevention last night.)  According to online data from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) only 13% of the money spent on breast cancer research in 2011 was spent on prevention.  For the government's definition of breast cancer prevention and the specific money numbers go to http://fundedresearch.cancer.gov/search/SearchForm.

The NCI was set up in 1937 to be the principal agency for cancer research in the US.  For more about the NCI go to: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/NCI/research-funding.

BUT, considering that, what do we already know about breast cancer prevention?  

A LOT!

We have reviewed in this blog how to prevent 86,000 breast cancers each year!

• BE LEAN
• REGULARLY EXERCISE
• BE ACTIVE
• OMEGA3 FISH OIL
• ASPIRIN 
• CRUCIFORM VEGETABLES
• LIMIT RED MEAT
• LIMIT ALCOHOL
• INCREASE OR DECREASE SOY INTAKE (AGE DEPENDANT)
• DECREASE DIETARY FAT
• LIMIT HORMONE REPLACEMENT
• ANTI-ESTROGEN PRESCRIPTIONS
• QUIT SMOKING OR BEING AROUND SMOKERS

If we all did these things, there would be 38% fewer breast cancers this year!

Share this message with your friends and family so that we may,indeed, all together, prevent 86,000 breast cancers this year!

This is general medical content and not personal medical advice.  See your doctor and ask about breast cancer prevention or call me 512-451-5788.  For the highest quality omega3 I could find go to www.oewmd.com.