Age-related tabular involution and breast cancer
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-4203.2010.07.021
- VernacularTitle:年龄相关的小叶复旧与乳腺癌
- Author:
Fei WANG
;
Zhigang YU
;
Zhongbing MA
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Age-related lobular involution;
Breast cancer;
Breast density
- From:
International Journal of Surgery
2010;37(7):493-496
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
With the age increasing,the lobules in women's breasts undergo progressive involution or regression,which is called age-related lobular involution.It's a physiologic and irreversible process,while the rate and extent of involution vary considerably among individual women.It has been hypothesized that the extent of age-related lobular involution is strongly associated with a reduced risk of breast cancer,and there are some associations between lobular involution and risk factors of breast cancer.
