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Breast Cancer Res Treat2024;204(2):309-325.April 1, 2024Journal Article
Reproductive risk factors for breast cancer and association with novel breast density measurements among Hispanic, Black, and White women.
Mollie E Barnard1,2, Natalie C DuPré3, John J Heine4, Erin E Fowler4, Divya J Murthy5, Rebecca L Nelleke5, Ariane Chan6, Erica T Warner7, Rulla M Tamimi8
1Slone Epidemiology Center, Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 02118, USA. barnard@bu.edu.
2University of Utah Intermountain Healthcare Department of Population Health Sciences, Huntsman Cancer Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA. barnard@bu.edu.
3Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, School of Public Health and Information Sciences, University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA.
4Division of Population Sciences, H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute, Tampa, FL, USA.
5Channing Division of Network Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
6Volpara Health Technologies Ltd., Wellington, New Zealand.
7Clinical Translational Epidemiology Unit, Department of Medicine, Mongan Institute, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
8Department of Population Health Sciences, Weill Cornell Medical, New York, NY, USA.
Abstract
PURPOSE: There are differences in the distributions of breast cancer incidence and risk factors by race and ethnicity. Given the strong association between breast density and breast cancer, it is of interest describe racial and ethnic variation in the determinants of breast density.
METHODS: We characterized racial and ethnic variation in reproductive history and several measures of breast densit…
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