Breastfeeding and the prevention of breast cancer: a retrospective review of clinical histories.

CONCLUSIONS: Our study concluded that breastfeeding for over six months not only provides children with numerous health benefits, but also protects mothers from breast cancer when the mothers are nonsmokers. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE: Nurses play a crucial role in encouraging new mothers to breastfeed their children, and this helps to prevent breast cancer. PMID: 23937211 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Clinical Breast Cancer - Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Tags: J Clin Nurs Source Type: research