Obesity increases the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer and is associated with more advanced stage at presentation but no impact on survival.
Healy
Laura A
LA
Ryan
Aoife M
AM
Rowley
Suzanne
S
Boyle
Terry
T
Connolly
Elizabeth
E
Kennedy
Michael J
MJ
Reynolds
John V
JV
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007494:Ireland; D053208:Kaplan-Meier Estimate; D016015:Logistic Models; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D009765:Obesity / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017698:Postmenopause; D011336:Probability; D011379:Prognosis; D018570:Risk Assessment; D016019:Survival Analysis