Breast cancer risk factors according to combined estrogen and progesterone receptor status: A case-control analysis

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 146, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 307-314

  Yoo, Keun Young ^a   Tajima, Kazuo ^b   Miura, Shigeto ^b   Takeuchi, Tohru ^b   Hirose, Kaoru ^b   Risch, Harvey ^c   Dubrow, Robert ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasms; Estrogen; Progesterone; Receptors; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR DENSITY; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0030769401     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009271     Document Type: Article

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