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Breast Cancer
Changes in bone mineral density do not predict breast cancer incidence in younger women
February 23rd, 2006
Changes in bone mineral density do not predict breast cancer incidence in younger women. "Previous studies have indicated a relationship between bone mineral density and the incidence of breast cancer in middle-aged and elderly women, with women with higher BMD being at significant increased risk. We investigated whether there was such a relationship in younger women who were perimenopausal or in their early postmenopausal years," reported researchers at the University of Aberdeen. A. Stewart and colleagues explained, "As part of a population-screening program for osteoporosis, 5,119 women aged between 45 and 54 years were scanned between 1990-1994...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2006-02-23)
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