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SUBMITTER: Gunter MJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4651104 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Gunter Marc J MJ Wang Tao T Cushman Mary M Xue Xiaonan X Wassertheil-Smoller Sylvia S Strickler Howard D HD Rohan Thomas E TE Manson JoAnn E JE McTiernan Anne A Kaplan Robert C RC Scherer Philipp E PE Chlebowski Rowan T RT Snetselaar Linda L Wang Dan D Ho Gloria Y F GY
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20150716 9
<h4>Background</h4>Adipokines and inflammation may provide a mechanistic link between obesity and postmenopausal breast cancer, yet epidemiologic data on their associations with breast cancer risk are limited.<h4>Methods</h4>In a case-cohort analysis nested within the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study, a prospective cohort of postmenopausal women, baseline plasma samples from 875 incident breast cancer case patients and 839 subcohort participants were tested for levels of seven adipo ...[more]