Mammographic features differ with body composition in women with breast cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

There are several breast cancer (BC) risk factors-many related to body composition, hormonal status, and fertility patterns. However, it is not known if risk factors in healthy women are associated with specific mammographic features at the time of BC diagnosis. Our aim was to assess the potential association between pre-diagnostic body composition and mammographic features in the diagnostic BC image.

Materials and methods

The prospective Malmö Diet and Cancer Study includes women with invasive BC from 1991 to 2014 (n = 1116). BC risk factors at baseline were registered (anthropometric measures, menopausal status, and parity) along with mammography data from BC diagnosis (breast density, mammographic tumor appearance, and mode of detection). We investigated associ

SUBMITTER: Sartor H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11632076 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature