Fracture in asian women with breast cancer occurs at younger age.

BACKGROUND: Western breast cancer survivors have an increased risk of osteoporosis and bone fracture. Breast cancer occurs 10 to 20 years earlier in Asian women than in Western women. We investigated if younger Asian women with breast cancer also have increased risk of fracture. METHODS: We used the...

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Main Authors: Chun-Hao Tsai, Chih-Hsin Muo, Huey-En Tzeng, Chih-Hsin Tang, Horng-Chang Hsu, Fung-Chang Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3771894?pdf=render