| Chapter title |
Obesity and Breast Cancer
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|---|---|
| Chapter number | 3 |
| Book title |
Obesity and Cancer
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| Published in |
Recent results in cancer research Fortschritte der Krebsforschung Progrès dans les recherches sur le cancer, December 2016
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| DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-42542-9_3 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-942540-5, 978-3-31-942542-9
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| Authors |
Renée T. Fortner, Verena Katzke, Tilman Kühn, Rudolf Kaaks, Fortner, Renée T., Katzke, Verena, Kühn, Tilman, Kaaks, Rudolf |
| Editors |
Tobias Pischon, Katharina Nimptsch |
| Abstract |
The relationship between adiposity and breast cancer risk and prognosis is complex, with associations that differ depending on when body size is assessed (e.g., pre- vs. postmenopausal obesity) and when breast cancer is diagnosed (i.e., pre- vs. postmenopausal disease). Further, the impact of obesity on risk differs by tumor hormone receptor status (e.g., estrogen (ER) and progesterone (PR) receptor) and, among postmenopausal women, use of exogenous hormones (i.e., hormone replacement therapy (HRT)). In the context of these complexities, this review focuses on associations between childhood and adolescent adiposity, general adiposity, weight changes (i.e., loss and gain), abdominal adiposity, and breast cancer risk and survival. Finally, we discuss potential mechanisms linking adiposity to breast cancer. |
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|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 140 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 20 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 15 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 10% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 11 | 8% |
| Researcher | 8 | 6% |
| Other | 19 | 14% |
| Unknown | 53 | 38% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Medicine and Dentistry | 37 | 26% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 15 | 11% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 7 | 5% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 5 | 4% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 5 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 9% |
| Unknown | 59 | 42% |