Search Results - "Warren, Ruth M L"
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Tamoxifen-Induced Reduction in Mammographic Density and Breast Cancer Risk Reduction: A Nested Case-Control Study
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (04-05-2011)“…Mammographic breast density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. Tamoxifen, which reduces the risk of breast cancer in women at high risk, also reduces…”
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Mammographic breast density refines Tyrer-Cuzick estimates of breast cancer risk in high-risk women: findings from the placebo arm of the International Breast Cancer Intervention Study I
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (08-10-2014)“…Mammographic density is well-established as a risk factor for breast cancer, however, adjustment for age and body mass index (BMI) is vital to its clinical…”
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Determinants of Percentage and Area Measures of Mammographic Density
Published in American journal of epidemiology (15-12-2009)“…Mammographic density is one of the strongest predictors of breast cancer risk. Typically expressed as a percentage of the breast area occupied by…”
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening of the Contralateral Breast in Women With Newly Diagnosed Breast Cancer: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Incremental Cancer Detection and Impact on Surgical Management
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (20-11-2009)“…Preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) is increasingly used for staging women with breast cancer, including screening for occult contralateral cancer…”
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BRCA1 Mutation and Young Age Predict Fast Breast Cancer Growth in the Dutch, United Kingdom, and Canadian Magnetic Resonance Imaging Screening Trials
Published in Clinical cancer research (15-12-2007)“…Purpose: Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) screening enables early detection of breast cancers in women with an inherited predisposition. Interval cancers…”
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Predicting breast cancer risk using mammographic density measurements from both mammogram sides and views
Published in Breast cancer research and treatment (01-11-2010)“…Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer. Which and how many x-rays are used for research, and how mammographic density is measured…”
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Reading protocol for dynamic contrast-enhanced MR images of the breast: sensitivity and specificity analysis
Published in Radiology (01-09-2005)“…To prospectively determine sensitivity and specificity of breast magnetic resonance (MR) imaging in a screening and symptomatic population by using independent…”
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Cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Carriers and in Women at High Risk for Breast Cancer: MR Imaging and Mammographic Features
Published in Radiology (01-08-2009)“…To review imaging features of screening-detected cancers on images from diagnostic and prior examinations to identify specific abnormalities to aid earlier…”
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Evaluation of a prospective scoring system designed for a multicenter breast MR imaging screening study
Published in Radiology (01-06-2006)“…To evaluate prospectively the accuracy of a lesion classification system designed for use in a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging high-breast-cancer-risk…”
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The Heritability of Mammographic Breast Density and Circulating Sex-Hormone Levels: Two Independent Breast Cancer Risk Factors
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-12-2012)“…Mammographic breast density and endogenous sex-hormone levels are both strong risk factors for breast cancer. This study investigated whether there is evidence…”
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Mammographic Breast Density and Breast Cancer: Evidence of a Shared Genetic Basis
Published in Cancer research (Chicago, Ill.) (15-03-2012)“…Percent mammographic breast density (PMD) is a strong heritable risk factor for breast cancer. However, the pathways through which this risk is mediated are…”
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Assessing the usefulness of a novel MRI-based breast density estimation algorithm in a cohort of women at high genetic risk of breast cancer: the UK MARIBS study
Published in Breast cancer research : BCR (01-01-2009)“…Mammographic breast density is one of the strongest known risk factors for breast cancer. We present a novel technique for estimating breast density based on…”
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Identification of a novel percent mammographic density locus at 12q24
Published in Human molecular genetics (15-07-2012)“…Percent mammographic density adjusted for age and body mass index (BMI) is one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer and has a heritable component…”
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Mammographic Density Phenotypes and Risk of Breast Cancer: A Meta-analysis
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (10-05-2014)“…Fibroglandular breast tissue appears dense on mammogram, whereas fat appears nondense. It is unclear whether absolute or percentage dense area more strongly…”
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Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Changes in Mammographic Density
Published in Journal of clinical oncology (10-04-2007)“…Hormone therapy (HT) use has been associated with an increased breast cancer risk. We explored the underlying mechanism further by determining the effects of…”
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The Relationship between Body Mass Index and Mammographic Density during a Premenopausal Weight Loss Intervention Study
Published in Cancers (29-06-2021)“…We evaluated the association between short-term change in body mass index (BMI) and breast density during a 1 year weight-loss intervention (Manchester, UK)…”
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Influence of Estrogen Receptor α and Progesterone Receptor Polymorphisms on the Effects of Hormone Therapy on Mammographic Density
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-03-2006)“…Postmenopausal hormone therapy increases mammographic density, a strong breast cancer risk factor, but effects vary across women. We investigated whether the…”
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Tamoxifen and Breast density in women at increased risk of breast cancer
Published in JNCI : Journal of the National Cancer Institute (21-04-2004)“…Although mammographic breast density is associated with the risk of breast cancer and is influenced by hormone levels, the effects of tamoxifen on breast…”
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Differences in Natural History between Breast Cancers in BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carriers and Effects of MRI Screening-MRISC, MARIBS, and Canadian Studies Combined
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-09-2012)“…It is recommended that BRCA1/2 mutation carriers undergo breast cancer screening using MRI because of their very high cancer risk and the high sensitivity of…”
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A Pilot Study of Compositional Analysis of the Breast and Estimation of Breast Mammographic Density Using Three-Dimensional T1-Weighted Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Published in Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention (01-09-2008)“…Purpose: A method and computer tool to estimate percentage magnetic resonance (MR) imaging (MRI) breast density using three-dimensional T 1 -weighted MRI is…”
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