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    Effect of weight loss, with or without exercise, on body composition and sex hormones in postmenopausal women: the SHAPE-2 trial

    Physical inactivity and overweight are risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. The effect of physical activity may be partially mediated by concordant weight loss. We studied the effect on serum sex hor...

    Willemijn AM. van Gemert, Albertine J. Schuit, Job van der Palen in Breast Cancer Research (2015)

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    Design of the SHAPE-2 study: the effect of physical activity, in addition to weight loss, on biomarkers of postmenopausal breast cancer risk

    Physical inactivity and overweight are two known risk factors for postmenopausal breast cancer. Former exercise intervention studies showed that physical activity influences sex hormone levels, known to be rel...

    Willemijn AM van Gemert, Jolein I Iestra, Albertine J Schuit, Anne M May in BMC Cancer (2013)

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    Circulating tumor cells, disease recurrence and survival in newly diagnosed breast cancer

    The presence of circulating tumor cells (CTC) is an independent prognostic factor for progression-free survival and breast cancer-related death (BRD) for patients with metastatic breast cancer beginning a new ...

    Bas Franken, Marco R de Groot, Walter JB Mastboom, Istvan Vermes in Breast Cancer Research (2012)