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Published online 20 March 2006 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news060320-1
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Wonky breasts signal cancer risk
Chest asymmetry might reveal underlying ill health.
Women with very lopsided breasts may be more likely to develop breast cancer, according to a preliminary study.
Diane Scutt of the University of Liverpool, UK, and her colleagues calculated the breast volume of healthy women from mammograms taken between 1979 and 1986 as part of a larger cancer study.
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