The phrase "avoid breast" is grammatically correct but may not be contextually clear or commonly used in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing dietary choices, health recommendations, or preferences regarding food or medical advice.
Example: "If you're trying to reduce your fat intake, you might want to avoid breast meat and opt for leaner cuts."
Alternatives: "steer clear of breast" or "refrain from breast.".
It was sideways hugs that strove to avoid breast contact.
In May last year, actor Angelina Jolie revealed that she had undergone a double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer.
Ruth Yates, head of statistical information at Cancer Research UK, said it was difficult to offer advice to women on how to avoid breast cancer.
The findings open the way for new prevention strategies in areas where infected mothers cannot avoid breast feeding for a number of reasons.
If those women all took tamoxifen, however, 9 of those women would avoid breast cancer — and, as a bonus, 13 would avoid broken bones from osteoporosis.
African American women have a higher rate of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations – Angelina Jolie, who underwent double mastectomy to avoid breast cancer, is a BRCA1 carrier – than white women.
The researchers were careful to point out that their findings were not a reason for mothers to avoid breast-feeding — only an indication that not all of the reputed benefits were backed by evidence.
When an Ebola survivor is discharged from a treatment centre they are told to avoid sexual intercourse for up to three months and pregnant women are asked, if possible, to avoid breast-feeding.
It has long been recommended that women who are HIV positive should avoid breast-feeding and use replacement-feeding when it is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and safe (AFASS) [ 10].
Given the need to reduce the risk of transmission to infants while minimizing the risk of other causes of morbidity and mortality, current guidelines state that when replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable, and safe, HIV-infected mothers should avoid breast-feeding completely (WHO/UNICEF/UNFPA/UNAIDS 2003).
Two important studies being published today challenge conventional thoughts about treating and avoiding breast cancer.
