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What would you advise a breastfeeding woman with localized HR+ breast cancer in terms of risk of progression with breastfeeding prior to local therapy with surgery?

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Medical Oncology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

For every 12 months of breastfeeding, the risk of developing breast cancer is lowered by about 4%. I know of no data that describes increased risks of progression prior to surgery regarding ER-positive breast cancer. However, the breasts are engorged during breastfeeding, and they involute when stop...

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