Nondense mammographic area and risk of breast cancer

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Pettersson, Andreas ^a,b   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Lagiou, Pagona ^b,c   Trichopoulos, Dimitrios ^b   Tamimi, Rulla M ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; MEASUREMENT; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; BREAST TUMOR; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 80054736625     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr3041     Document Type: Article

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