What lifestyle changes will reduce the risk of recurrence of breast cancer?
Dr. Goodson: The first study I was ever involved with in dealing with breast cancer was looking at whether or not coffee caused breast lumps. Great mythology about that, makes no difference at all. Vitamin E, great mythology, makes no difference at all; matter of fact there is data now suggesting that high doses of Vitamin E may actually increase overall mortality. I’ve looked at this very carefully over a long time, and in my mind I’ve come down to three things that I think are really reliable. The first thing is keeping your weight down. Weight gain and being overweight are two things that really work against somebody with breast cancer. The interesting thing is that inactivity and lack of exercise also works against people with breast cancer. You actually increase the risk of cancer if you are inactive. The third thing that ties into this is alcohol consumption. Every study that has ever looked at alcohol consumption and breast cancer finds that the more alcohol one consumes the mor
