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Breast Cancer
Research on breast cancer detailed by scientists at California State University
January 8th, 2009
According to recent research from the United States, "Cancer registries routinely collect data on clinicopathologic factors, but rarely abstract anthropometric variables. We conducted a chart review study, examining the feasibility of abstracting weight, height, alcohol use, and smoking from medical records in women (n = 1,974) diagnosed with invasive breast cancer, and investigated the association between the abstracted variables with clinicopathologic features." "Qualitative data were reviewed and categorized. Frequencies of the abstracted data, and demographic and clinicopathologic variables were calculated. Logistic regression models measured the relationship...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-01-08)
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