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Breast Cancer
Study shows chubby babies, lean adolescents have higher breast cancer rates
November 6th, 2004
The way a girl grows during adolescence and even in the womb may play an important, if murky, role in her risk of breast cancer later in life, a Danish study suggests. The study of 117,000 women in Denmark found that those who were chubby at birth but tall and lean at 14 were more likely to develop the disease. "Something very early on in life plays a role in risk of breast cancer," said lead researcher Mads Melbye, MD, professor of epidemiology at the State Serum Institute in Copenhagen. "No one knows really what," he said, but theories include differences in levels of hormones that influence growth and genetic variations that...
Source: Healthcare Mergers, Acquisitions & Ventures Week (2004-11-06)
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