Menopause Review, 2015 Breast cancer is the most frequently diagnosed neoplastic disease in women around menopause often leading to a significant reduction of these women’s ability to function normally in everyday life.
Marzena Kamińska +4 more
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Breast Cancer Risk Stratification and Screening Practices of Women in South Kerala, India: A Cross-sectional Study [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2023 Introduction: The incidence of breast cancer is increasing in India, making it the most common cancer among women. Early detection of breast cancer is crucial for reducing morbidity, mortality, and improving the quality of life for patients. However,
Susanna John +4 more
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Estrogen-induced immune changes within the normal mammary gland
Scientific Reports, 2022 Breast cancer (BCa) incidence increases following aberrant hormone exposure, which has been linked to direct effects on estrogen receptor (ER)+ mammary epithelium.
Helen Tower +13 more
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Breast Cancer Risk Assessment using Gail Model in 35 to 69-year-old Women Referred to the Breast Cancer Screening Center at Omid Hospital in Isfahan, Iran, from 2008 to 2016 [PDF]
Journal of Kerman University of Medical Sciences, 2020 Background: Prediction of breast cancer risk and identifying women who are at high risk of breast cancer, would be a great help for planning and conducting screening programs.
Asiyeh Kahyani +4 more
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Birth size and breast cancer risk: re-analysis of individual participant data from 32 studies. [PDF]
PLoS Medicine, 2008 Birth size, perhaps a proxy for prenatal environment, might be a correlate of subsequent breast cancer risk, but findings from epidemiological studies have been inconsistent.
Isabel dos Santos Silva +3 more
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Lifetime changes in body fatness and breast density in postmenopausal women: the FEDRA study
Breast Cancer Research, 2023 Background High mammographic breast density (MBD) is an established risk factor for breast cancer (BC). Body fatness conveys an increased BC risk in postmenopause but is associated with less dense breasts.
Giovanna Masala +13 more
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BMC Cancer, 2023 Background Triple negative BCa (TNBC) is defined by a lack of expression of estrogen (ERα), progesterone (PgR) receptors and human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 (HER2) as assessed by protein expression and/or gene amplification. It makes up ~ 15% of
Elena A. Takano +15 more
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Circulating High-Molecular-Weight (HMW) Adiponectin Level Is Related with Breast Cancer Risk Better than Total Adiponectin: A Case-Control Study. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 The level of total adiponectin, a mixture of different adiponectin forms, has been reported associated with breast cancer risk with inconsistent results. Whether the different forms play different roles in breast cancer risk prediction is unclear.
Ming-ming Guo +32 more
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Microcalcifications, mammographic breast density, and risk of breast cancer: a cohort study
Breast Cancer Research, 2022 Background Breast density and microcalcifications are strongly associated with the risk of breast cancer. However, few studies have evaluated the combined association between these two factors and breast cancer risk.
Soyeoun Kim +3 more
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Underutilisation of breast cancer prevention medication in Australia
Breast, 2021 Increased implementation of proven prevention strategies is required to combat rising breast cancer incidence. We assessed use of risk reducing medication (RRMed) by Australian women at elevated breast cancer risk. Only 2.4% had ever used RRMed.
Courtney Macdonald +4 more
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