The researchers stressed that women who undergo breast cancer treatment should not be concerned with the findings. They also said the research could lead to improvements in the ability of doctors to choose the best treatment for breast patients with the condition of obesity.
"Our findings are based on laboratory studies, so we need to conduct clinical trials to tell us whether women with higher BMI would benefit from changes in their treatment," said Mitch Dowsett, senior author of the study, as quoted from HealthDay.
FOR those who are struggling due to breast cancer treatment, begin to lose weight. Not without reason, in a study says that obesity may inhibit breast cancer treatment.
Research conducted in the UK are studied 54 postmenopausal women with estrogen positive breast cancer, where the condition allows the tumor develops in the presence of estrogen.
The result, more than three-quarters of breast cancers require estrogen to grow and evolve, so as to block the production or action of estrogen which is a method to reduce the risk of spread of breast cancer.
Not only that, researchers found that breast cancer patients with the condition are overweight have a higher estrogen levels compared with those with normal weight.
The women in this study also investigated regarding their body mass index (BMI). BMI is a measure of obesity based on height and weight, and BMI of 30 is considered as the threshold for obesity. Women with a BMI of 30 to 35 had about three times higher levels of estrogen in their blood than those who have a BMI of less than 25.
