Delay pregnancy may lower the risk of breast cancer

Delay pregnancy may lower the risk of breast cancer
Women who become pregnant after at least 15 years since the first period , the less risk of exposure to breast cancer . Exactly 60 percent more likely with breast cancer .
Researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle , USA , also said that breastfeeding can provide protection against the effects of drugs that reduce breast cancer risk factors .
The study was conducted in women approaching menopause to see whether or not there is a correlation between first menstruation , pregnancy , and triple-negative breast cancer .
Types of triple - negative breast cancer experienced by 15 percent of breast cancer patients . This type of breast cancer is more difficult to handle because the trigger is not dependent and influenced by hormones .
So that the disease will not respond to hormone inhibitors such as tamoxifen . Previous research suggests that early pregnancy can reduce the risk of breast cancer is the most common , namely the type of ER positive .
Scientists believe that hormones during pregnancy alter the structure so that the breast cancer cells are more difficult to stick to and grow .
However , a recent study stated otherwise. Woman has decreased the risk of triple - negative breast cancer , when the delay pregnancy until at least 15 years after the first mesntruasi ( occurring at approximately age 13 years ) .
This study also endorse the statement that breastfeeding has benefits not only for babies , but also to reduce the risk of exposure to triple - negative breast cancer .
Lead researcher , Dr . Christopher Li stated that more research is needed to confirm this discovery . The results of this study have been published in the journal Breast Cancer Research and Treatment .