The Interaction between Genetic Ancestry and Breast Cancer Risk Factors among Hispanic Women: The Breast Cancer Health Disparities Study

Conclusions: The lower NA ancestry groups were more likely to have the established risk factors, with the exception of BMI. Although the majority of factors were associated with risk in the expected directions among all women, BMI had an inverse association among Hispanics with lower NA ancestry. Impact: These data suggest that the established risk factors are less relevant for breast cancer development among women with more NA ancestry. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 26(5); 692–701. ©2016 AACR.

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Source: Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention - April 30, 2017 Category: Cancer & Oncology Authors: Hines, L. M., Sedjo, R. L., Byers, T., John, E. M., Fejerman, L., Stern, M. C., Baumgartner, K. B., Giuliano, A. R., Torres-Mejia, G., Wolff, R. K., Harrall, K. K., Slattery, M. L. Tags: Research Articles Source Type: research