Social relationships, inflammation markers, and breast cancer incidence in the Women's Health Initiative.

CONCLUSION: Larger social networks were associated with lower inflammation and greater social strain was associated with higher inflammation. Higher inflammation might be associated with development of in situ breast cancer, but this appeared to be due to factors other than social relationships.
PMID: 29614476 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: Breast - March 31, 2018 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Busch EL, Whitsel EA, Kroenke CH, Yang YC Tags: Breast Source Type: research