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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Rebecca Whittaker

Lifestyle factors responsible for quarter of healthy years lost to breast cancer

Eating red meat and smoking are among the lifestyle factors responsible for more than a quarter of healthy years lost to breast cancer, the largest study of its kind suggests.

Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with around 55,000 women and 400 men diagnosed every year. There are numerous known risk factors for developing breast cancer, such as drinking alcohol, being overweight and inherited genes, but eating red meat could have the biggest impact.

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