Breast adipocyte size associates with ipsilateral invasive breast cancer risk after ductal carcinoma in situ

Abstract Although ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) is a non-obligate precursor to ipsilateral invasive breast cancer (iIBC), most DCIS lesions remain indolent. Hence, overdiagnosis and overtreatment of DCIS is a major concern. There is an urgent need for prognostic markers that can distinguish harmle...

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Main Authors: Mathilde M. M. Almekinders, Michael Schaapveld, Bram Thijssen, Lindy L. Visser, Tycho Bismeijer, Joyce Sanders, Edoardo Isnaldi, Ingrid Hofland, Marjolijn Mertz, Lodewyk F. A. Wessels, Annegien Broeks, Erik Hooijberg, Wilbert Zwart, Esther H. Lips, Grand Challenge PRECISION Consortium, Christine Desmedt, Jelle Wesseling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:npj Breast Cancer
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41523-021-00232-w