Breastfeeding Associated with Reduced Mortality in Women with Breast Cancer.

Objective: To study whether breastfeeding affects survival from breast cancer.

Background: There are few studies on the relationship between breastfeeding, reproductive health, and breast cancer survival. This study is a follow-up of an earlier study showing no convincing associations between breastfeeding and breast cancer prognostic parameters.

Hormone Use is Associated with Lymphovascular Invasion in Breast Cancer.

Background: Risk of developing breast cancer increases with short breastfeeding and the use of hormones. The prognosis of breast cancer is better if the tumours are hormone receptor positive. Since breast feeding affects estrogen and progesterone receptors, we wanted to investigate how such reproductive factors as breastfeeding and the use of hormones interact with known prognostic markers and specific tumour characteristics in women with breast cancer.

Breastfeeding as a specific value in women's lives: the experiences and decisions of breastfeeding women.

Background: Worldwide, breastfeeding is recommended for every woman who gives birth to a child. The propensity to breastfeed varies. There is considerable knowledge about the experiences and circumstances that affect the decision to breastfeed, but knowledge about what actually generates the decision's force still needs to be increased.

Breastfeeding and prognostic markers in breast cancer.

Background: Several studies suggest that total breastfeeding time reduces breast cancer risk. The underlying mechanisms are unclear. Whether breastfeeding also affects the prognosis is not yet investigated.