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Obesity linked to shorter DFS, OS across breast cancer subtypes
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Obesity appeared associated with modestly shorter DFS and OS across breast cancer subtypes, according to a study published in
Apr 8, 2021
WEDNESDAY, April 7, 2021 (HealthDay News) Screening and diagnostic mammography volumes decreased in April 2020 compared with April 2019 prepandemic levels but mainly rebounded by July 2020 compared with July 2019, according to a study published online March 29 in the
Journal of the National Cancer Institute.
Brian L. Sprague, Ph.D., from the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine in Burlington, and colleagues compared monthly screening and diagnostic mammography volumes before and after the pandemic using data on 461,083 screening mammograms and 112,207 diagnostic mammograms conducted during January 2019 through July 2020 at 62 radiology facilities.
The researchers found that in April 2020, screening and diagnostic mammography volumes were 1.1 and 21.4 percent of April 2019 prepandemic volumes, respectively. By July 2020, the volumes had rebounded to 89.7 and 101.6 percent of July 2019 prepandemic volumes, respectively. Through July 2020, the year-to-date
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