Being Overweight Raises Risk of Triple-Negative Breast Cancer
Sunday, March 6, 2011 9:54Too much body fat may increase women’s risk of triple-negative breast cancer, a rarer and more aggressive form of the disease; claims in a new study.
According to the Triple Negative Breast Cancer Foundation, this type of breast cancer is diagnosed when a cancer lacks three “receptors” associated with breast cancer tumors: estrogen receptors, progesterone receptors, and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2. Triple negative breast cancer does respond to chemotherapy, but more targeted receptor treatments typically don’t work.