1. Higher volumetric breast density to predict risk for aggressive breast cancer subtype in postmenopausal Korean women
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Kyungran Ko, Ji Soo Choi, Kyung Hwan Shin, Youngmee Kwon, Seok Won Kim, So-Youn Jung, Jungsil Ro, Han Sung Kang, Keun-Seok Lee, Seeyoun Lee, In Hae Park, and Eun Sook Lee
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Oncology ,Cancer Research ,medicine.medical_specialty ,business.industry ,Incidence (epidemiology) ,Breast cancer subtype ,medicine.disease ,Breast cancer ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Asian population ,Breast density ,skin and connective tissue diseases ,business - Abstract
e11584 Background: In Asian population, the peak incidence of breast cancer is women in their late forties. We investigated the association between volumetric breast density and breast cancer risk according to menstruation status and breast cancer subtypes in Korean women. Methods: We prospectively enrolled 509 newly diagnosed breast cancer patients and 1336 healthy control subjects who performed mammography at the National Cancer Center in Korea between Sep 2011 and Nov 2012. Breast density was estimated using volumetric breast composition measurement (VolparaTM). We collected clinical data including menstruation status, parity, BMI and use of postmenopausal hormones. For cancer patient, we additionally acquired following pathologic data: histologic type, tumor size and grade, receptor status, Ki-67, and nodal status. Results: Of a total of subjects, 1064 (57.7%) women were postmenopausal status. The risk of breast cancer increased progressively with increase in volumetric breast density (Ptrend 2 vs. ≥ 25kg/m2) (OR = 2.41), and fewer childbirth (0/1 vs. ≥ 2) (OR=2.38). In postmenopausal women, higher breast density (category 4) showed a 3.00-fold (OR = 3.00, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.75-5.16, Ptrend trend trend
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- 2013
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