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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at College of Medicine has provided new information about breast cancer
February 26th, 2009
"The positive association between obesity and postmenopausal breast cancer has been attributed, in part, to the fact that estrogen, a risk factor for breast cancer, is synthesized in adipose tissue. Obesity is also associated with high levels of insulin, a known mitogen," scientists in the United States report. "However, no prospective studies have directly assessed associations between circulating levels of insulin and/or insulin-like growth factor (IGF)-I, a related hormone, and the risk of breast cancer independent of estrogen level. We conducted a case-cohort study of incident breast cancer among nondiabetic women who were enrolled in the Women's Health Initiative...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-02-26)
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