Breast Cancer

Adiposity as cancer risk factor is one focus of E3N cohort study

Published in Obesity and Diabetes Week, July 18th, 2005

Specialists in France "analyzed the relation between adult breast cancer risk and adiposity in ages 8-25, and among 90,509 women included in the E3N cohort study, and investigated the potential modification effect of certain factors."

They had the women complete "a questionnaire that included a set of eight silhouettes corresponding to body shape at different ages."

"During the follow-up (mean=11.4 years), 3,491 breast cancer cases were identified," reported B. Tehard and colleagues, Institute Gustave Roussy, Villejuif.

"Negative trends in risk of breast cancer with increasing body silhouettes at age 8 and at menarche were...

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Source: Obesity and Diabetes Week (2005-07-18)

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