Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative (United States)

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1 January 2002

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Published by Springer Nature in Cancer Causes & Control

Vol. 13 (8) , 741-751
https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1020239211145

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: Body size is an important modifiable risk factor for breast cancer. Although obesity has generally been found to be associated with increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer, there...

Keywords

BMI
FAT DISTRIBUTION
POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER
LIFETIME WEIGHT
OBESITY HAS GENERALLY