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ArticleJournal of biomedical physics & engineering2025

The Association between Breast Cup Size and Breast Cancer Incidence: Insights from a Global Dataset.

Mehdi Faraz, Samaneh Nematollahi, Sedigheh Tahmasebi, James S Welsh, Joseph John Bevelacqua, Seyed Mohammad Javad Mortazavi, Seyed Alireza Mortazavi

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Mehdi FarazDepartment of Computing, University of Turku, 20500, Turku, Finland.
Samaneh NematollahiNoncommunicable Diseases Research Center, Bam University of Medical Sciences, Bam, Iran.
Sedigheh TahmasebiBreast Cancer Research Center, Namazi Hospital, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
James S WelshDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Edward Hines Jr VA Hospital, Hines, IL, United States.
Joseph John BevelacquaBevelacqua Resources, Richland, WA, United States.
Seyed Mohammad Javad MortazaviDepartment of Medical Physics and Engineering, School of Medicine, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Shiraz, Iran.
Seyed Alireza MortazaviMVLS College, The University of Glasgow, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.

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Abstract

The relationship between breast size and breast cancer risk is complex and not fully understood. This study investigates how breast size, categorized by cup size, correlates with age-standardized rates (ASR) of breast cancer incidence. Data were collected from two sources: breast cancer incidence rates from the Global Cancer Observatory (GCO) and breast size data from "Data Pandas," an open-access database. This allowed for a cross-country analysis of breast cancer incidence and breast size characteristics. Descriptive statistics indicated that ASR increased with larger cup sizes, ranging from 34.72 (AA) to 90.17 (C). An ANOVA test revealed significant differences in mean ASR among cup size groups (F=14.416,

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Breast Cancer RiskBreast NeoplasmsBreast SizeCarcinoma, DuctalMachine LearningPeto’s ParadoxPhysiological Predictors

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PMID39975528
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