The Bone Mineral Density in women may help in the determination of breast cancer risk, according to a recent study.
The study published in the journal Cancer notes the link between breast cancer and Bone Mineral Density in postmenopausal women. It says that if the Bone Mineral Density test is incorporated with other assessments like the Gail Model, will help in determining the risk of breast cancer in older women.
The researchers, who examined the risk factor in 9941 women, say that the higher Bone Mineral density, the higher risk of breast cancer.
In their study they took note of the hip BMD and the Gail scores for women. It was found that there was an increased risk of developing breast cancer in women with a high Gail score when compared to women with low Gail scores. The researches also found that an increase in hip BMD increased the risk of breast cancer by 25 per cent.
With confidence, they say that once the BMD and Gail scores are incorporated, the investigation of breast cancer is easy. They also point out that further studies were needed to see if the BMD and Gail scores could be incorporated in determining the breast cancer risk.
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