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Mammographic density and breast cancer risk: a mediation analysis

BACKGROUND: High mammographic density (MD) is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. However, it is unclear whether high MD is an intermediate phenotype or whether breast cancer risk factors influence breast cancer risk and MD independently. METHODS: Our study population included 1290 invasive brea...

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Autores principales: Rice, Megan S., Bertrand, Kimberly A., VanderWeele, Tyler J., Rosner, Bernard A., Liao, Xiaomei, Adami, Hans-Olov, Tamimi, Rulla M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27654859
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-016-0750-0