ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Tara Narula joined "Good Morning America" on Wednesday to discuss a new study that suggests GLP-1 medications may be linked to a reduced risk of developing breast cancer.
The study, which was published in the JCO Oncology Practice journal, looked at University of Pennsylvania Health System records from more than 111,000 women ages 45 to 80 over the last several years who were overweight or obese, to see who went on to develop breast cancer.
"They found that those women on GLP[-1]s had a reduced risk of developing breast cancer by about 30%," Narula explained Wednesday.
Narula discussed the potential links between GLP-1s and breast cancer, explaining that after menopause, fat cells produce estrogen throughout the body, and higher levels of estrogen could translate to a higher risk of breast cancer.
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