Using the thickness of the upper abdominal adipose layer measured from breast MRI as a surrogate body adiposity marker, this retrospective investigation validated a positive correlation between breast cancer and body adiposity in a cohort of 1616 breast MRI patients. Additionally, triple negative breast cancer was significantly associated with a younger age and higher body adiposity with respect to the hormone receptor positive breast cancer, while the hormone and HER-2 receptor positive (triple positive) type is only associated with a younger age. A trend of low body adiposity was observed in DCIS patients in the 30 – 49 age range.
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