Endocrine Abstracts

Purpose: Numerous epidemiological studies have shown that obesity is a risk factor for postmenopausal breast cancer and relapse. We aim to investigate the relation between the upper abdominal obesity and breast cancer, by using ultrasonography (USG).Material and methods: The study population consisted of 44 women in control group and 17 breast cancer patient in study group. In the whole study population fat tissue was measured with high resolution B-mode...