Association of age and reproductive factors with benign breast tissue composition.
Gertig DM, Stillman IE, Byrne C, Spiegelman D, Schnitt SJ, Connolly JL, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ. Association of age and reproductive factors with benign breast tissue composition. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 1999, 8: 873-9. PMID: 10548315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStromal proportionProliferative breast diseaseBreast diseaseRisk factorsBreast tissue compositionEpithelial proportionHealth StudyReproductive breast cancer risk factorsBenign breast biopsy slidesBreast cancer risk factorsObvious mass lesionStromal breast tissueNurses' Health StudyReproductive risk factorsCancer risk factorsBenign breast biopsyBreast cancer riskCase-control studyAssociation of agePostmenopausal parous womenFibrous stromal tissueNonproliferative breast diseasePostmenopausal womenPremenopausal womenParous women