READ MORE:* 'Staggering' breast cancer trial kills tumours in 11 days* Breast cancer could be beaten by blueberries: research* Why breast cancer survivors should avoid late night eating* Cancer survivor nearly skipped mammogram that saved her* Calls for public funding of new one-off breast cancer treatmentIn a sense, the clinical trial is long overdue. Putting breast cancer on a diet123RF Studies showing that obese and overweight women are more likely to die of their breast cancer date back decades. Studies showing that obese and overweight women are more likely to die of their breast cancer date back decades. "We have been telling women to do this for years, but we don't really have definitive proof," said breast oncologist Jennifer Ligibel, the principal investigator of the Breast Cancer Weight Loss study. Should weight loss be prescribed as a treatment for breast cancer?

Source: Stuff June 29, 2016 00:57 UTC