Obesity increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer and is associated with more advanced stage at presentation but no impact on survival

Breast J. 2010 Jan-Feb;16(1):95-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1524-4741.2009.00861.x. Epub 2009 Nov 19.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Comparative Study
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Age Factors
  • Aged
  • Body Mass Index
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / mortality
  • Breast Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Breast Neoplasms / therapy
  • Case-Control Studies
  • Combined Modality Therapy
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Ireland
  • Kaplan-Meier Estimate
  • Logistic Models
  • Middle Aged
  • Multivariate Analysis
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Obesity / diagnosis
  • Obesity / epidemiology*
  • Odds Ratio
  • Postmenopause*
  • Probability
  • Prognosis
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Analysis