Combined effects of obesity and type 2 diabetes contribute to increased breast cancer risk in premenopausal women

BACKGROUND: Both obesity and type 2 diabetes are among the risk factors for breast cancer development. Combined effect of these metabolic abnormalities on breast cancer risk however, has not been examined in premenopausal women. We tested this association in type 2 diabetic women, categorized as obe...

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Main Authors: Alokail, Majed S, Al-Daghri, Nasser M, Al-Attas, Omar S, Hussain, Tajamul
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2009
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2706231/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545451
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2840-8-33
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