Breast Tissue Composition and Its Dependence on Demographic Risk Factors for Breast Cancer: Non-Invasive Assessment by Time Domain Diffuse Optical Spectroscopy

BACKGROUND: Breast tissue composition is recognized as a strong and independent risk factor for breast cancer. It is a heritable feature, but is also significantly affected by several other elements (e.g., age, menopause). Nowadays it is quantified by mammographic density, thus requiring the use of...

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Autores principales: Taroni, Paola, Quarto, Giovanna, Pifferi, Antonio, Abbate, Francesca, Balestreri, Nicola, Menna, Simona, Cassano, Enrico, Cubeddu, Rinaldo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4452361/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26029912
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0128941

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