Family History, Body-Fat Distribution, and the Risk of Breast Cancer

Emanuela Taioli; Ernst L. Wynder; Thomas A. Sellers; John D. Potter; Aaron R. Folsom

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Family History, Body-Fat Distribution, and the Risk of Breast Cancer

Emanuela Taioli, Ernst L. Wynder, Thomas A. Sellers, John D. Potter, Aaron R. Folsom

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To the Editor: Sellers et al. (May 14 issue)¹ suggest an interaction between a family history of breast cancer and anthropometric factors in postmenopausal women. A genetic component of body mass has been observed not only among overweight subjects but also among thin persons.² Since thinness is considered a risk factor for breast cancer in premenopausal women,³ and a family history of breast cancer is a strong risk factor in premenopausal women, the same interaction should be present in premenopausal women as well. We analyzed data from our case–control study, in which 617 patients with newly diagnosed breast cancer and…

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	958-959
Number of pages	2
Journal	New England Journal of Medicine
Volume	327
Issue number	13
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1056/NEJM199209243271313
State	Published - 24 Sep 1992
Externally published	Yes

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Family History, Body-Fat Distribution, and the Risk of Breast Cancer

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