Bigger waist-to-hip ratio holds clue to breast cancer type
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Bigger waist-to-hip ratio holds clue to breast cancer type

Women with excess abdominal fat are at higher risk of developing a type of breast cancer that is harder to treat, compared with those who have general obesity or widespread fat accumulation.

Nursing Standard. 32, 6, 17-17. doi: 10.7748/ns.32.6.17.s20

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