OBJECTIVES The study hypothesis is to assess correlation of breast specimen weight versus volume. DESIGN Consecutive patients undergoing breast surgery at a single tertiary referral centre during a 6-month period were included. Specimen weight was measured in grams. Direct volume measurements were performed using water displacement. Data including side of the breast, age and menstrual status ...

BACKGROUND Previous studies have shown that woman's risk of breast cancer in later life is associated with her infants birth weights. The objective of this study was to determine if this association is independent of breast cancer risk factors, mother's own birth weight and to evaluate association between infants birth weight and hormonal environment during pregnancy. Independent association wo...

OBJECTIVE To define the range of neonatal weight loss in a population relative to feeding method. DESIGN Prospective observational cohort study. SETTING Maternity service providing geographically defined, community based newborn follow up. PARTICIPANTS 971 consecutive term newborns of birth weight > or = 2500 g during the first 2-3 weeks of life; 34 excluded (inadequate data). 937 include...

BACKGROUND Breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK. Lifestyle factors including excess weight contribute to risk of developing the disease. Whilst the exact links between weight and breast cancer are still emerging, it is imperative to explore how women understand these links and if these beliefs impact on successful behaviour change. METHOD Overweight/obese premenopausal women (age...

the current study was conducted to investigate the effect of short-term selection in japanese quail for its 4-week body and breast weights. two selected lines, one for selection of body weight based upon in. breeding values (line 1) and another for breast weight based on between family selections (line 2) were randomly selected from a base population. in each generation, 39 sire and 78 dam-bird...

We describe a new method for determining the concentration of total Ca in whole skeletal muscle samples ([CaT]WM in units of mmoles/kg wet weight) using the Ca-dependent UV absorbance spectra of the Ca chelator BAPTA (1,2-bis(2-aminophenoxy)ethane-N,N,N',N'-tetraacetic acid). Muscle tissue was homogenized in a solution containing 0.15 mM BAPTA and 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulfate (to permeabilize me...

effects of chromium nano particles (nanocr) on performance and meat quality of japanese quail under physiological stress was determined by  using 360 birds in a completely randomized design with six treatments, four replicates and 15 birds per each, during  17- 35 d of age. the tratments were negative control (non-stressed), and five groups under physiological stress which fed on diets suppleme...

OBJECTIVE We investigated the association between full breast-feeding up to 6 months as well as partial breast-feeding after 6 months and maternal weight retention at 6, 18 and 36 months after delivery in the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), conducted by the Norwegian Institute of Public Health. DESIGN Cohort study. Information on exposure and outcome was collected by questionn...

Fibromatosis is an infiltrative proliferation of fibroblastic and myofibroblastic cells with significant risk for local recurrence, but no metastatic potential. It originates mainly from the fascia or aponeuroses of the abdominal wall muscles or from the muscles of the shoulders and pelvic girdles. Fibromatosis is uncommon in the mammary gland and accounts for less than 0.2% of all primary brea...