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Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Link between blood leptin levels and breast cancer risk explored
September 29th, 2005
A link between blood leptin levels, obesity, bone mineral density, and breast cancer risk was explored in a recent study. "Leptin, the obesity hormone, has been linked to bone mineralization and tumorigenesis. 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," researchers in the United States report. "In particular, there is little published research comparing white and black women in terms of these variables," wrote K. L .C. Jen and colleagues. They "obtained blood specimens for leptin analysis from a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-09-29)
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