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Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center: Scientists Discover Link Between Nicotine and Breast Cancer Metastasis
January 21, 2021
WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina, Jan. 21 (TNSJou) -- The Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center issued the following news release:

Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among women in the United States, and cigarette smoking is associated with a higher incidence of breast cancer spread, or metastasis, lowering the survival rate by 33% at diagnosis.

While cigarette smoking's link to cancer is well-known, the role of nicotine, a non-carcinogenic chemical found in . . .

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