Weight gain hurts breast cancer survival

There are better ways to lose weight than mastectomy.

"Breast cancer patients might have a powerful incentive to avoid gaining weight: better odds of surviving the disease. New research suggests that for every 11 pounds a woman gains after being diagnosed with breast cancer, the chances of it proving fatal go up 14 percent.

The study is by no means definitive, but gives the strongest evidence yet that controlling weight — a good idea anytime in life — may be especially important after breast cancer...

'It's a large study, it was a very well-conducted study at several centers in the United States' by well-known researchers on this topic, said Joanne Dorgan, a breast cancer scientist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia."

Do yourself a favor.

It is bad enough having breast cancer.

Why compound matters?

And if you are unwilling to do it for yourself, think of your family.

But don't fall for the exercise excuse. It is a con.

"Doctors have long known that women who are overweight when they are diagnosed with breast cancer have poorer prospects.

'They're more likely to relapse and to die of their cancer than women who are thinner,' Dorgan said.

Previous research found that women who exercised after being diagnosed with breast cancer cut their chance of dying by as much as one-half, depending on how much exercise they did.

However, it is very common for women to gain weight after being diagnosed with breast cancer. One reason may be that chemotherapy can leave them tired and ill so they don't feel like exercising, Dorgan said."

It is always more efficient to control weight by Calories in than Calories out.

Your life is worth more than a lame, and deadly, excuse.