• Impact of pre-diagnostic triglycerides and HDL-cholesterol on breast cancer recurrence and survival by breast cancer subtypes 

      Lofterød, Trygve; Mortensen, Elin Synnøve; Nalwoga, Hawa; Wilsgaard, Tom; Frydenberg, Hanne; Risberg, Terje; Eggen, Anne Elise; McTiernan, Anne; Aziz, Sura Mohammed; Wist, Erik; Stensvold, Andreas; Reitan, Jon Brinchmann; Akslen, Lars A.; Thune, Inger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-15)
      <i>Background</i>: High triglycerides and low levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol are observed to promote tumor growth. However, whether breast cancer heterogeneity may explain the contradictory influence of triglycerides and cholesterol observed on breast cancer prognosis remains unclear.<p> <p><i>Methods</i>: A population-based survival study among 464 breast cancer cases ...
    • The influence of metabolic factors and ethnicity on breast cancer risk, treatment and survival: The Oslo ethnic breast cancer study 

      Lofterød, Trygve; Frydenberg, Hanne; Veierød, Marit Bragelien; Jenum, Anne Karen; Reitan, Jon Brinchmann; Wist, Erik; Thune, Inger (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-03-29)
      Background - Breast cancer risk remains higher in high-income compared with low-income countries. However, it is unclear to what degree metabolic factors influence breast cancer development in women 30 years after immigration from low- to a high-incidence country.<p> <p>Methods - Using Cox regression models, we studied the association between pre-diagnostic metabolic factors and breast cancer ...