Reduce risk of breast cancer-dont participate in hormone replacement therapy

This article recommends women should eat right and exercise to reduce the chance of breast cancer. Although I know a healthy lifestyle is the key to reducing a magnitude of ailments, the most significant statement in this article refers to hormone replacement therapy.

clipped from www.delmarvanow.com HEALTH: Experts say one-third of breast cancer is avoidable "What can be achieved with screening has been achieved. We can't do much more," Carlo La Vecchia, head of epidemiology at the University of Milan, told The Associated Press. "It's time to move onto other things." After studies several years ago linked hormone replacement therapy to cancer, millions of women abandoned the treatment, leading to a sharp drop in breast cancer rates. Experts said a similar reduction might be seen if women ate better — consuming less fat and more vegetables — and exercised more.