title: [Metabolic syndrome and the risk of breast cancer].
abstract: Metabolic syndrome has been associated with an increased risk of various cancers. A multicenter study conducted in Italy and Switzerland on 3,869 cases of breast cancer in post-menopause reported a relative risk of 1.75 in women with the metabolic syndrome, confirming the results of other smaller epidemiological studies.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Epidemiologia, istituto di Ricerche Farcologiche Mario Negri, Milano. valentina.rosato@marionegri.it
authors.forename: Valentina
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Rosato
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bosetti
authors.forename: Renato
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Talamini
authors.forename: Fabio
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Levi
authors.forename: Eva
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Negri
authors.forename: Carlo
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: La Vecchia
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D024821:Metabolic Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D012306:Risk