Exercise, healthy weight may prevent cancer

Friday, October 24, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Exercising and maintaining a healthful weight when young can delay the onset of breast cancer in women at very high risk of the disease, according to a study of women with a genetic mutation that gives them an 82 percent lifetime risk of developing the disease.

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