Changes in body weight and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

BACKGROUND: Several anthropometric measures have been found to be associated with the risk of breast cancer. Current weight, body mass index, and adult weight gain appear to be predictors of postmenopausal breast cancer. These factors have been associated with a reduced risk of premenopausal breast...

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Main Authors: Kotsopoulos, Joanne, Olopado, Olufunmilayo I, Ghadirian, Parviz, Lubinski, Jan, Lynch, Henry T, Isaacs, Claudine, Weber, Barbara, Kim-Sing, Charmaine, Ainsworth, Peter, Foulkes, William D, Eisen, Andrea, Sun, Ping, Narod, Steven A
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2005
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1242151/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16168130
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr1293
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