no identifiable single cause of elevated breast cancer levels on Cape Cod,

[R.B.]

A trial looking at environmental factors and BC.

Conclusion inconclusive - which does not mean no effect it just means it is not so evident that it is clear.

My thought - but there is clear evidence for diet factors linking to health and BC, which leads me to the simple thought is that the first thing to start worrying about // looking at / changing if necessary is diet.

In poor countries cancer is seen as a disease of the better off - what does that say about the average lifestyle / diet of the better off - there are of course other diseases related to poverty poor nutrition lack of access to clean water ......

RB


http://www.barnstablepatriot.com/no_smoking_gun_idd_by_breast_cancer_study_news_12_ 9322.html

[al from Canada]

Could be a few other sources, because cape cod is on a rock, there may be a higher level of radon gas emmissions. As well, maybe their diet was higher in bottom feeders like halibut or haddock. Maybe they had a doctor who prescibed a hormonal mutant drug to pregnant moms.


There are so many combinations is tough to see the forest for the trees.

al

[R.B.]

Maine includes diet etc as part of its prevention program.

RB

http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/news/state/060519cancer.shtml


ABSTRACT

...........Among its recommendations are more screening for colorectal, breast and other cancers, increasing primary-care doctors' awareness of the benefits of early detection, more awareness of the dangers of sun exposure, and more emphasis on exercise, controlling weight, reducing tobacco use, and other healthy practices............

The American Cancer Society's Kip DeSerres, chairman of the Maine Cancer Consortium, said that implementing the report's recommendations "can make significant impacts on the prevention and early detection of cancer" while improving the quality of life for those with the disease.

Still, cancer takes its toll in lives and resources. Its cost in lost productivity and medical treatments is $700 million per year in Maine.

Maine has the highest cancer mortality rate in New England, and a higher cancer death rate - 214 deaths per 100,000 people - than the national figure of 192 per 100,000. The four leading cancer diagnoses in Maine are lung, breast, prostate and colorectal, which together account for more than half of the cancer diagnoses in Maine.