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A prospective study of body size in different periods of life and risk of premenopausal breast cancer.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jul 2004

Weiderpass Elisabete, Braaten Tonje, Magnusson Cecilia, Kumle Merethe, Vainio Harri, Lund Eiliv, Adami Hans-Olov

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The prevalence of obesity at all ages is increasing epidemically worldwide. Information on the association between premenopausal breast cancer and body size during childhood and teenage years is scarce. In 1991 to 1992, a prospective cohort study was assembled in Norway and Sweden. We included in the analysis presented here 99,717 premenopausal women. During the follow-up period, which ended in December 1999, 733...

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