Obesity has a complex relationship to breast cancer risk that differs in premenopausal and
postmenopausal women. Before the menopause, the level of adiposity is inversely related to …

Epidemiological evidence indicates that the association between body weight and breast
cancer risk may differ across menopausal status as well as the estrogen receptor (ER) and …

Introduction The incidence of breast cancer varies among women living in the Southwestern
part of the US. We evaluate how body size influences breast cancer risk among these …

Background Positive association between obesity and survival after breast cancer was
demonstrated in previous meta-analyses of published data, but only the results for the …

Among postmenopausal women, obesity is linked to increased risk of breast cancer and
poorer subsequent survival. For premenopausal women, obesity may reduce incidence, but …

Obese and underweight women who develop breast cancer may have poorer survival
compared with normal-weight women. However, the optimal weight for best prognosis is still …

The influence of body size on postmenopausal breast cancer risk was investigated among
five racial/ethnic groups in the Multiethnic Cohort. Participants were 45–75 years old at …

Consistent, positive, and independent associations between body weight or body mass
index (BMI), weight gain, and various measures of central adiposity and the incidence of …

Although obesity is one of the established risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer, it is
not clear whether this positive association differs across estrogen receptor (ER) and …

Breast cancer survival has been found to be lower in obese women, but few studies have
evaluated ethnic variations in this association. This study examined all-cause and breast …