Browsing by Subject "Breast density"

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    • Determinants of volumetric breast density in Chilean premenopausal women 
      Pereira, Ana; Garmendia Miguel, María Luisa; Uauy Dagach-Imbarack, Ricardo; Neira, Paulina; López Arana, Sandra; Malkov, Serghei; Shepherd, John (Springer New York LLC, 2017)
      © 2017, Springer Science+Business Media New York. Purpose: High mammographic breast density (BD) is a strong risk factor of breast cancer; however, little is known in women under 40 years of age. Recently, dual-energy X-ray ...
    • Inverse association between estrogen receptor-α DNA methylation and breast composition in adolescent Chilean girls 
      Binder, Alexandra M.; Stiemsma, Leah T.; Keller, Kristen; Van Otterdijk, Sanne D.; Mericq, Verónica; Pereira, Ana; Santos, José Luis; Shepherd, John; Michels, Karin B. (BioMed Central Ltd., 2018)
      © 2018 The Author(s). Background: Estrogen receptor-α (ER-α) is a transcriptional regulator, which mediates estrogen-dependent breast development, as well as breast tumorigenesis. The influence of epigenetic regulation of ...