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Mammographic density. Potential mechanisms of breast cancer risk associated with mammographic density: hypotheses based on epidemiological evidence

Lisa J Martin* and Norman F Boyd

Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:201 doi:10.1186/bcr1831

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Mammographic density and breast cancer risk: the role of the fat surrounding the fibroglandular tissue

Mariëtte Lokate, Petra HM Peeters, Linda M Peelen, Gerco Haars, Wouter B Veldhuis, Carla H van Gils Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:R103 (26 October 2011)

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When studying the relationship between breast dense area and breast cancer risk, adjustments for non-dense tissue may give more valid results than adjustment for BMI.

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Nondense mammographic area and risk of breast cancer

Andreas Pettersson, Susan E Hankinson, Walter C Willett, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, Rulla M Tamimi Breast Cancer Research 2011, 13:R100 (21 October 2011)

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Higher absolute non-dense area on a mammogram is associated with a decreased risk of breast cancer, suggesting adipose breast tissue may have a protective role against breast carcinogenesis.

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Versican but not decorin accumulation is related to malignancy in mammographically detected high density and malignant-appearing microcalcifications in non-palpable breast carcinomas

Spyros S Skandalis, Vassiliki T Labropoulou, Panagiota Ravazoula, Eleni Likaki-Karatza, Katalin Dobra, Haralabos P Kalofonos, Nikos K Karamanos, Achilleas D Theocharis BMC Cancer 2011, 11:314 (26 July 2011)

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Genetic variation in the estrogen metabolic pathway and mammographic density as an intermediate phenotype of breast cancer

Jingmei Li, Louise Eriksson, Keith Humphreys, Kamila Czene, Jianjun Liu, Rulla M Tamimi, Sara Lindström, David J Hunter, Celine M Vachon, Fergus J Couch, Christopher G Scott, Pagona Lagiou, Per Hall Breast Cancer Research 2010, 12:R19 (9 March 2010)

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Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK postmenopausal Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean women

Valerie A McCormack, Mitch Dowsett, Elizabeth Folkerd, Nichola Johnson, Claire Palles, Ben Coupland, Jeff M Holly, Sarah J Vinnicombe, Nicholas M Perry, Isabel dos Santos Silva Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R38 (22 June 2009)

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The spatial distribution of radiodense breast tissue: a longitudinal study

Snehal M Pinto Pereira, Valerie A McCormack, Sue M Moss, Isabel dos Santos Silva Breast Cancer Research 2009, 11:R33 (3 June 2009)

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Interlobular and intralobular mammary stroma: Genotype may not reflect phenotype

JM Fleming, EL Long, E Ginsburg, D Gerscovich, PS Meltzer, BK Vonderhaar BMC Cell Biology 2008, 9:46 (18 August 2008)

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