Breast cancer and childhood anthropometry: emerging hypotheses?
Open Access
- 11 March 2005
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Springer Nature in Breast Cancer Research
- Vol. 7 (3) , 83
- https://doi.org/10.1186/bcr1014
Abstract
In this issue of Breast Cancer Research, Baer and colleagues report a strong protective effect of childhood and adolescent body fatness on premenopausal breast cancer risk based on a large prospective study. Methodological issues are discussed, as are tentative biological interpretations regarding the findings.Keywords
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