Breast Cancer

More Study Needed To Determine High Bone Mass and Cancer Link

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 10th, 1997

A study reported in the February 27, 1997, issue of the New England Journal of Medicine examines whether bone mass measurement can predict breast cancer risk.

The authors examined this relationship because it is difficult to measure a woman's estrogen level over her lifetime and bone mass measurement might be a useful way to determine estrogen exposure, and therefore, predict who is at greatest risk for breast cancer. According to the National Osteoporosis Foundation, while this is an important study, more research is needed to understand why postmenopausal women with breast cancer have higher bone mass.

"There are many factors that influence...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (1997-03-10)

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