Contextual Impact of Neighborhood Obesogenic Factors on Postmenopausal Breast Cancer: The Multiethnic Cohort

Conclusions: Obesogenic neighborhood environment factors, especially nSES, urbanicity, and mixed-land development, were differentially and independently associated with breast cancer risk in this multiethnic population. Impact: These findings highlight the need for additional studies of the driving contextual aspects of nSES that influence breast cancer risk. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(4); 480–9. ©2017 AACR. See all the articles in this CEBP Focus section, "Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences."

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Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 2, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Conroy, S. M., Clarke, C. A., Yang, J., Shariff-Marco, S., Shvetsov, Y. B., Park, S.-Y., Albright, C. L., Hertz, A., Monroe, K. R., Kolonel, L. N., Marchand, L. L., Wilkens, L. R., Gomez, S. L., Cheng, I. Tags: CEBP Focus: Geospatial Approaches to Cancer Control and Population Sciences Source Type: research