High body fat levels associated with increased breast cancer risk in women with normal BMI

(American Association for Cancer Research) Among postmenopausal women with normal body mass index (BMI), those with higher body fat levels had an increased risk for invasive breast cancer, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research Special Conference Obesity and Cancer: Mechanisms Underlying Etiology and Outcomes, held Jan. 27-30.

https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-01/aafc-hbf012318.php

Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - January 26, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news