Do Body Mass Index and Breast Density Impact Cancer Risk Among Women with Lobular Carcinoma In Situ

Christina Minami,Emily C. Zabor,Elizabeth Gilbert,Ashley Newman,Anna Park,Maxine S. Jochelson,Tari A. King,Melissa Pilewskie

Do Body Mass Index and Breast Density Impact Cancer Risk Among Women with Lobular Carcinoma In Situ

2020

Christina Minami
Emily C. Zabor
Elizabeth Gilbert
Ashley Newman
Anna Park
Maxine S. Jochelson
Tari A. King
Melissa Pilewskie

Purpose Both body mass index (BMI) and breast density impact breast cancer risk in the general population. Whether obesity and density represent additive risk factors in women with lobular carcinoma in situ (LCIS) is unknown.

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Body mass index
Cancer
Medicine
Pathology
Lobular carcinoma
Oncology
Internal medicine
Breast cancer
Obesity
Population
Proportional hazards model
Prophylactic Mastectomy
Breast imaging
Hazard ratio
General surgery

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