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Breast Cancer
Ethnicity and menopausal status may be important factors in study results
September 8th, 2005
Ethnicity and menopausal status may be important factors in interpreting study results. "Leptin, the obesity hormone, has been linked to bone mineralization and tumorigenesis," according to recent research from the United States. "In addition, both bone mineral density (BMD) and postmenopausal breast cancer are associated with obesity, but the interrelationships between obesity, leptin, BMD, and breast cancer are not yet clear." "In particular," noted K. L. Jen and colleagues, "there is little published research comparing white and black women in terms of these variables. We obtained blood specimens for leptin analysis from a group of 320 breast...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-08)
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