Journal article
Association of body mass index and age with subsequent breast cancer risk in premenopausal women
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Importance
The association between increasing body-mass index (BMI) and breast cancer risk is unique in cancer epidemiology in that there is a cross-over effect, with risk reduction before and risk increase after menopause. The inverse association with premenopausal breast cancer risk is poorly characterised but might be important in our understanding of breast cancer causation.
Objective
To investigate, in more detail than previously possible, the association of...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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- Publisher copy:
- 10.1001/jamaoncol.2018.1771
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Funding
Breast Cancer Now
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National Health Service
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Institute of Cancer Research
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Avon Foundation
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Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- American Medical Association Publisher's website
- Journal:
- JAMA Oncology Journal website
- Volume:
- 4
- Issue:
- 11
- Pages:
- e181771
- Publication date:
- 2018-06-21
- Acceptance date:
- 2018-04-11
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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2374-2445
- ISSN:
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2374-2437
- Source identifiers:
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844209
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pubs:844209
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uuid:cc070337-3266-446b-a016-7273045c1399
- Local pid:
- pubs:844209
- Deposit date:
- 2018-04-25
Terms of use
- Copyright holder:
- Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Notes:
- © 2018 The Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group.JAMA Oncology. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the CC-BY License.
- Licence:
- CC Attribution (CC BY)
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