Long-term exposure to insulin and volumetric mammographic density: observational and genetic associations in the Karma study

Long-term exposure to insulin and volumetric mammographic density: observational and genetic associations in the Karma study

Abstract Background Long-term insulin exposure has been implicated in breast cancer etiology, but epidemiological evidence remains inconclusive. The aims of this study were to investigate the association of insulin therapy with mammographic density (MD) as an intermediate phenotype for breast cancer...

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Main Authors: Signe Borgquist, Ann H. Rosendahl, Kamila Czene, Nirmala Bhoo-Pathy, Mozhgan Dorkhan, Per Hall, Judith S. Brand
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Breast Cancer Research
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Insulin
Mammographic density
Diabetes
Insulin genetic score
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13058-018-1026-7

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