A study conducted by US researchers at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has revealed that cells present in breast milk can help in detecting breast cancer. For the study, the researchers collected samples from 250 mothers who had gathered for biopsy to check on breast cancer.

After collecting samples, they tested the DNA of the milk to see whether genes had been altered in a way which would suggest early signs of the lethal disease. The study found that women whose biopsies suggested that they had breast cancer also showed signs of the disease in milk cells.

While commenting on the findings, Dr. Kathleen Arcaro, the lead researcher of the study, said that the study has shown yet another method of detecting breast cancer.

Breast cancer is a common illness among British women. Due to the unhealthy lifestyle like smoking and drinking as well as the tendency to have fewer children has increased the cases of breast cancer.

It is believed that up to one in eight women will develop breast cancer in the coming future. Moreover, testing milk for breast cancer will prove to be a cheap and simple way of checking th risk.