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SUBMITTER: Bertone-Johnson ER
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3297717 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bertone-Johnson Elizabeth R ER McTiernan Anne A Thomson Cynthia A CA Wactawski-Wende Jean J Aragaki Aaron K AK Rohan Thomas E TE Vitolins Mara Z MZ Tamimi Rulla M RM Johnson Karen C KC Lane Dorothy D Rexrode Kathryn M KM Peck Jennifer D JD Chlebowski Rowan T RT Sarto Gloria G Manson Joann E JE
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology 20120117 3
<h4>Background</h4>Calcium and vitamin D may be inversely related to breast cancer risk, in part by affecting mammographic density. However, results from previous, mostly cross-sectional studies have been mixed, and there have been few randomized clinical trials of the effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on change in mammographic density.<h4>Methods</h4>We assessed the effect of one year of supplementation on mammographic density in 330 postmenopausal women enrolled in the Women's He ...[more]