Breast Cancer and Smoking
Women smokers undergoing treatment for early breast cancer are more than twice as likely to die of the disease than nonsmokers or smokers who quit. According to a study of 1,900 women at Philadelphia's Fox Chase Cancer Center, women who continue to smoke during radiation therapy are two-and-one-half times more likely to die of the cancer than nonsmoking women. The study, published in 2003, found if women stop smoking before treatment, their risk of dying is the same as women who never smoked.
Publication Source:
Fox Chase Cancer Center
Online Source:
Fox Chase Cancer Center
http://www.fccc.edu/
Online Editor:
Sinovic, Dianna
Online Medical Reviewer:
Godsey, Cynthia M.S., M.S.N., APRN
Online Medical Reviewer:
Kanipe, Jennifer RN, BSN
Online Medical Reviewer:
Lambert, J.G. M.D.
Online Medical Reviewer:
Stump-Sutliff, Kim RN, MSN, AOCNS
Date Last Reviewed:
8/6/2009
Date Last Modified:
2/24/2005