Women who postpone having children face a significantly higher risk of breast cancer, a leading doctor warned at the world’s largest cancer conference – in comments that will reopen the debate about having children later in life.
‘Women are having children much later and there are issues with that,‘ Dr Andrea DeCensi, director of medical oncology at Galliera Hospital in Italy said.
‘People are reluctant to talk about it, but delayed childbearing is one of the biggest contributors to rising breast cancer rates.‘
His remarks follow a sharp rise in the number of young people diagnosed with the disease, with 8,500 cases diagnosed in young women
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