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                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: MONDAY, March 1, 1993                   TAG: 9303010064
SECTION: NATIONAL/INTERNATIONAL                    PAGE: A-2   EDITION: METRO 
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DATELINE: PHILADELPHIA                                LENGTH: Short

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BREAST CANCER STUDY: NO LINK TO BODY SHAPE

A new study contradicts the notion that body shape affects a woman's risk for breast cancer.

Instead of worrying over pear- or apple-shaped bodies, women should focus more on controlling their amount of body fat, researchers from Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center report in today's Annals of Internal Medicine.

A report three years ago had suggested that women who were apple-shaped and carried their weight around their waist were more at risk than pear-shaped women who carried their weight around their hips and thighs.

- Associated Press

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