Differences in mammographic density between Asian and Caucasian populations: a comparative analysis

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• 作者：Nadia Rajaram ; Shivaani Mariapun ; Mikael Eriksson…
• 关键词：Mammographic density ; Breast cancer ; Asian ; Caucasian ; Risk
• 刊名：Breast Cancer Research and Treatment
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：161
• 期：2
• 页码：353-362
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• 刊物类别：Medicine
• 刊物主题：Oncology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1573-7217
• 卷排序：161

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PurposeMammographic density is a measurable and modifiable biomarker that is strongly and independently associated with breast cancer risk. Paradoxically, although Asian women have lower risk of breast cancer, studies of minority Asian women in predominantly Caucasian populations have found that Asian women have higher percent density. In this cross-sectional study, we compared the distribution of mammographic density for a matched cohort of Asian women from Malaysia and Caucasian women from Sweden, and determined if variations in mammographic density could be attributed to population differences in breast cancer risk factors.