Childbearing Protects Women from Breast Cancer Only When Mothers Deliver at 32 Weeks Gestation or Later
Childbearing Protects Women from Breast Cancer Only When Mothers Deliver at 32 Weeks Gestation or Later
Yesterday, journalists reported that scientists at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center speculated on the reasons why childbearing protects women from breast cancer. They discussed a paper published in the journal Cancer Research. 1
Researchers reportedly told journalists that the presence of fetal cells in the mother's blood "may also benefit mothers by putting the immune system on alert for malignant cells to destroy." 2