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For girls who are very athletic and as a result have low body and delayed start of menses, do they have a lower risk for breast cancer?

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For girls who are very athletic and as a result have low body and delayed start of menses, do they have a lower risk for breast cancer?

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This question is quite complex because there are three potentially separate variables related to the risk of breast cancer, though they are inter-related. The first is being very athletic, the second is having lower body fat and the third is starting menstruation later than average.