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Breast Cancer
Scientists at Harvard University release new data on breast cancer
December 18th, 2008
"Birth size of a woman has been positively associated with her breast cancer risk, particularly before menopause, but no study has investigated neonatal growth in relation to this risk. We conducted a case-control study nested within a population-based cohort of women, born in Sweden between 1901 and 1961, covering all 405 breast cancer patients and 1081 age- and hospital-matched controls, who were born after newborn charts became available," researchers in the United States report. "Compared to neonates who lost <200 g after birth and grew at a rate <25 g day(-1) after reaching postnatal weight nadir (ie, the minimum, before starting to regain weight), those who...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-12-18)
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