Body mass index increases the lymph node metastasis risk of breast cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis with 52904 subjects from 20 cohort studies | BMC Cancer | Full Text

Body mass index increases the lymph node metastasis risk of breast cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis with 52904 subjects from 20 cohort studies | BMC Cancer | Full Text

Body mass index increases the lymph node metastasis risk of breast cancer: a dose-response meta-analysis with 52904 subjects from 20 cohort studies

Since body mass index (BMI) is a convincing risk factor for breast cancer, it is speculated to be associated with lymph node metastasis. However, epidemiological studies are inconclusive. Therefore, this study...

Authors:Junyi Wang, Yaning Cai, Fangfang Yu, Zhiguang Ping and Li Liu

Citation:BMC Cancer 2020 20:601

Content type:Research article

 

Published on: 29 June 2020

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