Ethnic and age differences in right-left breast asymmetry in a large population-based screening population

Exposure to sex hormones is important in the pathogenesis of breast cancer and inability to tolerate such exposure may be reflected in increased asymmetrical growth of the breasts. This study aims to characterize, for the first time, asymmetry in breast volume (BV) and radiodense volume (DV) in a large ethnically diverse population.Automated measurements from digital raw mammographic images of 54,591 cancer-free participants (aged 47-73) in a UK...