Overweight, Obesity, and Postmenopausal Invasive Breast Cancer Risk

More than two-thirds of US women are overweight or obese, placing them at increased risk for postmenopausal breast cancer.To investigate in this secondary analysis the associations of overweight and obesity with risk of postmenopausal invasive breast cancer after extended follow-up in the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) clinical trials.The WHI clinical trial protocol incorporated measured height and weight, baseline and annual or biennial...