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Breast Cancer
Risk factors for breast cancer assessed in elderly women
January 6th, 2005
According to a study from the United States, "As the population ages, an increasing fraction of women diagnosed with breast cancer will be elderly. "Heterogeneity of breast cancer risk factors between pre- and postmenopausal women is recognized, but few studies have examined elderly women specifically." C. Sweeney and colleagues at the DFPM, Health Research Center in Salt Lake City, Utah, have "[described] the age-specific influence of risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer, with emphasis on women aged 75 or more years." They used data from the Iowa Women's Health Study for their report. "Among 36,658 members of the Iowa...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-01-06)
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