Breast Cancer Research

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Mammographic density, breast cancer risk and risk prediction

Celine M Vachon*, Carla H van Gils, Thomas A Sellers, Karthik Ghosh, Sandhya Pruthi, Kathleen R Brandt and V Shane Pankratz

Breast Cancer Research 2007, 9:217 doi:10.1186/bcr1829

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Breast cancer risk prediction and individualised screening based on common genetic variation and breast density measurement

Hatef Darabi, Kamila Czene, Wanting Zhao, Jianjun Liu, Per Hall, Keith Humphreys Breast Cancer Research 2012, 14:R25 (7 February 2012)

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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)

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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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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Variation in breast cancer risk in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Timothy R Rebbeck, Susan M Domchek Breast Cancer Research 2008, 10:108 (25 July 2008)