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Investigation of the link between obesity and breast cancer - the role of adipose tissue in the development and propagation of malignancy
Carroll, Paul Anthony (Trinity College (Dublin, Ireland). School of Medicine. Discipline of Surgery, 2010)Obesity and the metabolic syndrome are emerging risk factors for breast cancer. They are associated with increased incidence, an increased recurrence rate and a poorer prognosis. Despite this epidemiological evidence to ...