Breast Cancer
Research from University of Melbourne, Center for Molecular has provided new data on breast cancer
Published in Medical Imaging Week, March 20th, 2010
Current study results from the report, 'Common genetic variants associated with breast cancer and mammographic density measures that predict disease,' have been published. According to a study from Melbourne, Australia, "Mammographic density for age and body mass index (BMI) is a heritable risk factor for breast cancer. We aimed to determine if recently identified common variants associated with small gradients in breast cancer risk are associated with mammographic density."
"We genotyped 497 monozygotic and 330 dizygotic twin pairs and 634 of their sisters from 903 families for 12 independent variants. Mammographic dense area, percent dense area, and nondense area were...
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Source: Medical Imaging Week (2010-03-20)
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