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Title:

Metabolic syndrome and breast cancer: is there a link?

Document type:
Journal Article; Review
Author(s):
Hauner, Dagmar; Hauner, Hans
Abstract:
Epidemiological data suggest a close link between obesity and breast cancer, the most frequently occurring cancer in women. The metabolic syndrome is typically associated with abdominal obesity and comprises disturbances in glucose and/or lipid metabolism and/or hypertension. Recent studies have established a specific association between the metabolic syndrome - as well as its components - and breast cancer, indicating both an increased risk of developing breast cancer and a poorer prognosis. In...     »
Journal title abbreviation:
Breast Care (Basel)
Year:
2014
Journal volume:
9
Journal issue:
4
Pages contribution:
277-81
Language:
eng
Fulltext / DOI:
doi:10.1159/000365951
Pubmed ID:
http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25404888
Print-ISSN:
1661-3791
TUM Institution:
Else Kröner-Fresenius-Zentrum für Ernährungsmedizin - Klinik für Ernährungsmedizin
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