Heinz Freisling, Scientist at International Agency for Research on Cancer, shared a post on X:

“Postmenopausal women with CVD have a 31% higher risk of breast cancer with each 5 kg/m² increase in BMI, compared to a 13% increase in those without CVD.”

Title: Body mass index and breast cancer risk among postmenopausal women with and without cardiometabolic diseases: Findings from two prospective cohort studies in Europe

Authors: Emma Fontvieille, Anna Jansana, Laia Peruchet-Noray, Reynalda Córdova, Quan Gan, Sabina Rinaldi, Laure Dossus, Yahya Mahamat-Saleh, Marc J Gunter, Alicia Heath, Dagfinn Aune, Elif Inan-Eroglu, Matthias B Schulze, Niels Bock, Christina C Dahm, Carlota Castro-Espin, Maria-José Sánchez, Aurora Perez-Cornago, Sandar Tin Tin, Sabina Sieri, Vittorio Simeon, Fulvio Ricceri, Rosario Tumino, N Charlotte Onland-Moret, Yvonne Koop, Pietro Ferrari, Heinz Freisling

Read the Full Article on ACS Journal Cancer

Body Mass Index and Breast Cancer Risk Among Postmenopausal Women With and Without CVD

IARC shared this post, adding:

“New paper shows women with overweight/obesity and a history of cardiovascular disease are 31% more likely to develop Breast Cancer than women without overweight/obesity and CVD, and are more likely to develop BC than women with overweight/obesity but no CVD.”