Prediagnostic circulating metabolites in female breast cancer cases with low and high mammographic breast density

Abstract Mammographic breast density (MBD) is a strong independent risk factor for breast cancer (BC). We designed a matched case–case study in the EPIC Florence cohort, to evaluate possible associations between the pre-diagnostic metabolomic profile and the risk of BC in high- versus low-MBD women...

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Main Authors: Benedetta Bendinelli, Alessia Vignoli, Domenico Palli, Melania Assedi, Daniela Ambrogetti, Claudio Luchinat, Saverio Caini, Calogero Saieva, Paola Turano, Giovanna Masala
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-06-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-92508-1