A prospective study in general practice on breast‐cancer risk in postmenopausal women | Zendy

de Waard F. | Zendy; BaandersVan Halewijn E. A. | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Premium

A prospective study in general practice on breast‐cancer risk in postmenopausal women

Author(s) -

de Waard F.,

BaandersVan Halewijn E. A.

Publication year - 1974

Publication title -

international journal of cancer

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475

H-Index - 234

eISSN - 1097-0215

pISSN - 0020-7136

DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910140203

Subject(s) - breast cancer , medicine , prospective cohort study , postmenopausal women , obstetrics , gynecology , incidence (geometry) , relative risk , parity (physics) , cancer , mastectomy , demography , confidence interval , physics , particle physics , sociology , optics

A prospective study of breast‐cancer risk in postmenopausal women has been carried out with the cooperation of 50 general practitioners. A total of 7,259 women have been followed up for an average period of 5.4 years (maximum 8.1 years); 70 cases of breast cancer occurred. The main finding was a pronounced effect of body weight and height on breast cancer risk; the significance of this in explaining international differences in incidence is stressed. High parity counteracted the risk of high weight regarding breastcancer. Single women did not show a high risk because of their relatively low body weight. The relative risk in women with a previous mastectomy was five‐fold.

This content is not available in your region!

Continue researching here.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research