Breast Cancer Therapy
New breast cancer therapy findings from University of Tromso, Institute of Community Medicine described
Published in Medical Imaging Week, February 10th, 2007
Current study results from the report, "Insulin-like growth factor and mammographic density in postmenopausal Norwegian women," have been published. "Insulin-like growth factor-I (IGF-I) is associated with breast cancer risk among premenopausal women but rarely among postmenopausal women. Recent data from two European studies suggested an increased risk of breast cancer with increasing levels of IGF-I among women >50 years old or among postmenopausal hormone therapy users >or=55 years old," investigators in Norway report.
"Mammographic density is one of the strongest risk factors, and possibly an intermediate marker, for breast cancer. We examined the relationship...
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