Body mass index and survival after breast cancer diagnosis in Japanese women

BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI) may be an important factor affecting breast cancer outcome. Studies conducted mainly in Western countries have reported a relationship between higher BMI and a higher risk of all-cause death or breast cancer-specific death among women with breast cancer, but only a...

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Main Authors: Kawai, Masaaki, Minami, Yuko, Nishino, Yoshikazu, Fukamachi, Kayoko, Ohuchi, Noriaki, Kakugawa, Yoichiro
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2012
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3444378/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22510365
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2407-12-149
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