BMI and Breast Subcutaneous Fat: Potential Indicators for Ultrasound Diagnosis of Breast Cancer?

J Ultrasound Med · 2026 · PMC12883569 · PMID 41171152

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Although breast cancer gene 1 (BRCA1) ( p = .06), breast cancer gene 2 (BRCA2) ( p = .12), and signal transducer and activator of transcription (STAT) ( p = .08) also showed higher mutation frequencies in the higher BMI group, these differences did not reach statistical significance (Figure 6 ).

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