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Breast Cancer
Scientists at Brown University target breast cancer
April 16th, 2009
According to a study from the United States, " Obesity is associated with increased post-menopausal breast cancer risk. Overweight and obese women also tend to have a poorer prognosis when diagnosed with breast cancer compared with their matched normal weight peers." "In previous studies obesity was associated with decreased utilization of screening mammography. We present a study examining the association between Body Mass Index (BMI) and compliance with recommended mammographic screening using data from the 2004 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey (BRFSS). Patients and methods We included 130,185 female participants, aged 40 and older, who were randomly...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-04-16)
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