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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer study findings have been reported by researchers at University of California, Medical Department
May 15th, 2008
"Both the absolute and the percent of mammographic density are strong and independent risk factors for breast cancer. Previously, we showed that the association between mammographic density and breast cancer risk tended to be weaker in African American than in White U.S. women," investigators in the United States report. "Because African American women have a larger breast size, we assessed whether the association between mammographic density and breast cancer was less apparent in large than in small breasts. We assessed mammographic density on mammograms from 348 African American and 507 White women, 479 breast cancer patients and 376 control subjects, from a...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-15)
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