Metabolic Syndrome Is Associated with Increased Breast Cancer Risk: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis

Background. Although individual metabolic risk factors are reported to be associated with breast cancer risk, controversy surrounds risk of breast cancer from metabolic syndrome (MS). We report the first systematic review and meta-analysis of the association between MS and breast cancer risk in all...

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Main Authors: Ruchi Bhandari, George A. Kelley, Tara A. Hartley, Ian R. H. Rockett
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:International Journal of Breast Cancer
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/189384