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From: A pilot study of FDG PET/CT detects a link between brown adipose tissue and breast cancer

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Prevalence of BAT case in the breast cancer and control patients. (A) Expression of BAT was compared in the 96 breast cancer patient and 96 paired control patients with other cancers, using exact Fisher’s test. A positive case is defined as at least 1 site of BAT in any location of the neck, supraclavicular and paraspinal region. (B) Stratification of the brown fat prevalence by age of ≤ 55 and > 55 years old to roughly divide the patients into pre- and post-menopausal groups.

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