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Adverse measures of body composition in individuals of any weight can also confer increased breast cancer risk.
Practitioners should assess body composition in addition to BMI when evaluating breast cancer risk.
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Emerging evidence suggests that adverse measures of body composition in individuals of any weight can also confer increased breast cancer risk.
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Obesity and Breast Cancer Risk: The Oncogenic Implications of Metabolic Dysregulation
Sandra Naaman et al. · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism · 2022
DOI 10.1210/clinem/dgac241
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