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Breast Cancer
New breast cancer findings from B. Majed and co-researchers published
September 4th, 2008
According to a study from France, " Breast cancer and obesity represent important public health issues in most western countries. A number of studies found a negative prognosis effect of obesity or excess of weight in woman breast cancer." "However, to date, this issue remains controversial. The objectives of this study were to confirm the prognosis role of obesity on a large cohort of patients and to investigate a potential independent effect. Materials and methods We constituted a cohort of 14,709 patients who were recruited and treated at the Curie Institute (Paris) from 1981 to 1999. These patients were followed prospectively for a first unilateral invasive breast...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-09-04)
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