Associations of reproductive breast cancer risk factors with breast tissue composition

Abstract Background We investigated the associations of reproductive factors with the percentage of epithelium, stroma, and fat tissue in benign breast biopsy samples. Methods This study included 983 cancer-free women with biopsy-confirmed benign breast disease (BBD) within the Nurses’ Health Study...

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Main Authors: Lusine Yaghjyan, Rebecca J. Austin-Datta, Hannah Oh, Yujing J. Heng, Adithya D. Vellal, Korsuk Sirinukunwattana, Gabrielle M. Baker, Laura C. Collins, Divya Murthy, Bernard Rosner, Rulla M. Tamimi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-07-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01447-2