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SUBMITTER: Shaikh AJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5828539 | biostudies-literature | 2018
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Shaikh Asim Jamal AJ Mullooly Maeve M Sayed Shahin S Ndumia Rose R Abayo Innocent I Orwa James J Wasike Ronald R Moloo Zahir Z Gierach Gretchen L GL
BioMed research international 20180122
<h4>Introduction</h4>Data examining mammographic breast density (MBD) among patients in Sub-Saharan Africa are sparse. We evaluated how MBD relates to breast cancer characteristics in Kenyan women undergoing diagnostic mammography.<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study included women with pathologically confirmed breast cancers (<i>n</i> = 123). Pretreatment mammograms of the unaffected breast were assessed to estimate absolute dense area (cm<sup>2</sup>), nondense area (cm<sup>2</sup>), and ...[more]