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Breast Cancer Prognosis
Obesity increases mortality risk in women with breast cancer
October 20th, 2005
Obesity increases the mortality risk in women with breast cancer. "Obesity is an established risk factor for some breast cancers, but less is known about its effect on breast cancer prognosis. Understanding this relationship is important, given the increasing number of women diagnosed with breast cancer and the growing prevalence of obesity. We conducted a cohort analysis of 3,924 women ages 20 to 54 with incident breast cancer enrolled between 1980 and 1982 in the Cancer and Steroid Hormone study, a case-control study," scientists in the United States report. "Interview data were linked to survival information from the Surveillance, Epidemiology,...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2005-10-20)
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