Background: Birth weight has been identified as a birth-related factor associated with the risk of breast cancer. However, the evidence is inconsistent. Methods: To investigate the association between birth weight and breast cancer, we conducted a metaanalysis of published studies between 1996 and 2008. Eighteen studies encompassing 16,424 breast cancer cases were included in the meta-analysis....

Background: The heterogeneous breast cancer is the most common cause of cancer-related mortality. Obesity defined by BMI is known as a major risk factor for breast cancer. Objective: The purpose of this study was to explore the role of obesity related-polymorphisms rs9939609 FTO and rs17782313 MC4R in breast cancer development. Materials and Methods: We obtained matched peripheral blood, serum ...

BACKGROUND This study aims to examine whether specific maternal breast variations (such as flat nipple, inverted nipple, large breast or/and large nipple) are barriers for weight gain in breastfed infants during the first seven days of life. METHODS In this prospective cohort study, 100 healthy term neonates were followed from birth to day seven in two groups; Group A: fifty neonates born to ...

Current research was conducted to estimate heritability and genetic correlations for carcass composition and fat deposition in Japanese quail at 42 and 91 d of age. Studied traits were BW at 42 and 91 d of age (BW42, BW91), carcass weight and percentage, breast meat weight and percentage, thigh weight and percentage, abdominal fat weight and abdominal fat percentage (AFP), skin weight and skin ...

Weight gain and body composition changes are common during the first year after breast cancer diagnosis. Women who are overweight or obese at the time of diagnosis or who gain weight following diagnosis are at higher risk for adverse clinical outcomes. Unhealthy weight conditions, compounded or caused by weight gain after diagnosis, are a considerable challenge for women with breast cancer duri...

Data collected in 2012 on 400 chickens were subjected to two-way analyses of variance to estimatebody weight, morphometric traits as well as the correlationbetween body weight and morphometric traitsin Isa Brown and Ilorin ecotypechickens. The studied morphometric traits were comb length, beak length,head length, neck length, body length, wing length, shank length, thigh length, toe length, bre...

mammography has been recognized as the best method of screening for breast cancer, for a long time. although the sensitivity of mammography is acceptable, it has limited specificity and a radiologist should be aware of limitations and pitfalls. there are different positive findings in mammography which are descriptors of breast disease including benign lesions or breast cancer. in this talk i w...

Results Overall the breast weight was higher in patients with ER+ disease. The weight was found to be significantly higher in women aged 50 years or older with ER+ tumours (669 vs. 220 grams, p = 0.015). There was no significant difference in breast weight between ER+ and ERtumours in women aged less than 50 years (median weight: 440 vs.408 grams, p = 0.379). We observed a non-significant assoc...

Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone involved in regulation of satiety, and it also appears to have a role in breast cancer risk. Leptin therefore might be a useful indicator of the potential preventive effects of weight loss in breast cancer survivors. In this study we examined whether the change in leptin levels could be predicted by weight loss in obese breast cancer survivors. The subject...

Obesity and adult weight gain are well-established risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. Although there are a few studies demonstrating the contribution of adult weight gain to breast cancer risk, whether weight gain during a critical time period is specifically associated with risk, or whether subsequent weight loss among women who have gained weight will reduce the excess risk, is no...