Postmenopause is a natural period in a woman’s life that occurs after the last month. It indicates a gradual decline in ovarian function.
According to doctors, postmenopause usually occurs in women aged 45 to 55 years. This process is not a pathology, but a result of aging of the body, leading to the appearance of somatic problems.
Endocrinologist Zukhra Pavlova said that excess weight during postmenopause may be the cause of almost 40% of breast cancer cases.
“Around one in ten cases of breast cancer are now linked to being overweight. They depend on body mass index (BMI). But a new study finds that such data may not be entirely accurate because it does not take into account the age, gender and ethnicity of patients,” write doctor in his telegram channel.
She mentioned the results of a study in which scientists decided to use a different method to measure the amount of fat in the body – CUN-BAE.
For the analysis, experts took data from thousands of white postmenopausal women with breast cancer, as well as information about more than a thousand women of the same age, but without cancer.
“If you look at BMI, only 23% of breast cancers are related to being overweight. When using CUN-BAE, the dependency is 38%,” explained Pavlova.
The researchers concluded that the differences only occurred in patients with hormone-positive cancers who had excess body fat of 20% by BMI and 42% by CUN-BAE.
Postmenopausal women with a CUN-BAE score above 45% had twice the risk of developing breast cancer compared to those women with a CUN-BAE score below 35%.
“If the study is to be believed, BMI underestimates the amount of body fat, especially in older women, so the true link between breast cancer and excess weight may be more,” warned the endocrinologist.
Zuhra Pavlova urged women to be more attentive to their bodies and to do mammograms regularly. After 40 years at least once a year, and after 50 – twice.
2024-10-20 15:00:00
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