Absolutely, yes. Establishing a healthy lifestyle, including the following practices, can help fortify you against recurrence of breast cancer and assist in your maintaining wellness and improving the quality of your life:
• Achieve and maintain a healthy body mass index (BMI), which is the ratio of weight to height
• Follow a more enlightened diet, including eating more fruits and vegetables. (See our Q&A on nutrition for cancer survivors.)
• Avoid smoking
• Exercise regularly. (See our Q&A on exercise for cancer survivors.)
• Join a support group of breast cancer survivors
• Participate in a healing wheel in your community
• Practice stress control through meditation
In addition, many women with a past history of breast cancer can use medications like tamoxifen to help reduce the risk of recurrence. Several clinical studies have shown that tamoxifen helps reduce the recurrence of breast cancer. |
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