Breast Density and Breast Cancer

Breast Implants and Breast Cancer

Breast Cancer and Screening

سرطان پستان یکی از شایع ترین بیماریهای بدخیم و اولین علت مرگ و میر زنان بوده و تقریبا یک سوم تمام سرطانهای زنان را تشکیل می دهد.

Association between mammographic breast density and breast cancer tumor characteristics.

OBJECTIVE Few studies have examined the association between breast density and breast cancer tumor characteristics. We examined the association between hormonal, proliferative, and histologic tumor characteristics and mammographic breast density in women with breast cancer. METHODS We conducted a cross-sectional analysis in 546 women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer to evaluate the assoc...

Serum vitamin D and breast density in breast cancer survivors.

BACKGROUND Vitamin D influences cellular proliferation and proliferation-related breast tissue characteristics, such as mammographic breast density. Little is known about vitamin D status, assessed by serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D], and its relationship to breast density in breast cancer survivors. METHODS Participants were 426 postmenopausal breast cancer survivors from the Health, Eati...

Life course breast cancer risk factors and adult breast density

Objective: To determine whether risk factors in childhood and early adulthood affect later mammographic breast density. Methods: Subjects were 628 women who attended a medical examination at the University of Glasgow Student Health Service (1948–1968), responded to a questionnaire (2001) and had a screening mammogram in Scotland (1989–2002). Mammograms (median age of 59 years) were classified u...