JOURNAL ARTICLE

Risk of metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal breast cancer survivors

Daniel de Araújo Brito ButtrosEliana Aguiar Petri NahásHeloísa De Luca VéspoliGilberto UemuraBruno da Rosa de AlmeidaJorge Nahas-Neto

Year: 2012 Journal:   Menopause The Journal of The North American Menopause Society Vol: 20 (4)Pages: 448-454   Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

Abstract

Postmenopausal breast cancer survivors present a higher risk of developing MetS as compared with women without breast cancer.

Keywords:
Medicine Breast cancer Postmenopausal women Metabolic syndrome Cancer Gynecology Oncology Internal medicine Obstetrics Obesity

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Topics

Metabolism, Diabetes, and Cancer
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Molecular Biology
Cancer Risks and Factors
Health Sciences →  Medicine →  Oncology
Cancer, Lipids, and Metabolism
Life Sciences →  Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology →  Cancer Research
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