Cancer-prevention drugs are not perfect. Tamoxifen and an analogous drug called raloxifene do cut risk, but to this point have not been proved to stop deaths from breast cancer. Neither has finasteride, a drug that may reduce prostate cancer cases by 25 per cent.

These drugs have complications that turn some folks off. Thanks to their effects on sex hormones, breast-cancer drugs can cause early menopause. For 2 to 4 % of men, finasteride causes penile dysfunction and encourages expansion of breast tissue. It can also inrease libido.

There’s still strong proof in favor of a healthy way of life. Need more proof? Lots of information shows that getting the right nutrients from such foods as broccoli and cabbage help lower your risk. And study after study has revealed that people who exercise more have lower rates of breast cancer ( both before and after menopause ), ovarian cancer and cancer of the bowel. The key? Make sure it’s vigorous enough that you break a sweat. Your waist weight and size matter, too.

A staggering 100,500 cancers per year may be linked to excess body fat – including 1/2 of all endometrial cancers, 17 percent of postmenopausal breast cancers and nine per cent of colorectal cancers. We do not always know why healthy living works, but we are convinced that it does ; so don’t wait. Commit to it!

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