Shun sedentary lifestyle, junk food to avoid breast cancer: professor
The Hindu
‘Among urban women, one in every 28 is diagnosed with it’
Sedentary lifestyle coupled with consumption of junk food has been the reason for high occurrence of breast cancer among urban women, where one in every 28 is diagnosed with the disease, said K. Sangeetha, Associate Professor in OBG with Srinivas Institute of Medical Sciences, Mukka.
Speaking at a awareness programme, organised at St. Agnes PU College here, Dr. Sangeetha said the prevalence of breast cancer among rural women was comparatively less, one in 60, because of their lifestyle.
Only about 15% of cancer cases could be attributed to genetic reasons while the rest are acquired from lifestyle, she cautioned.
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