Association of body composition and weight history with breast cancer prognostic markers: Divergent pattern for Hispanic and non-Hispanic White women

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 160, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1087-1097

  Baumgartner, Kathy B ^a,e   Hunt, W C ^a   Baumgartner, R N ^a   Crumley, D D ^a   Gilliland, F D ^b   McTiernan, A ^c   Bernstein, L ^b   Ballard Barbash, R ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biological markers; Body composition; Body constitution; Breast neoplasms; Hispanic Americans; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ESTROGEN; PROGESTERONE; TAMOXIFEN;

CANCER; RACIAL DISPARITY; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR VOLUME; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW MEXICO; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 9344254951     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwh313     Document Type: Article

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