A prospective study of menopausal hormones and risk of colorectal cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 130-138

  Troisi, Rebecca ^a   Schairer, Catherine ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^a   Schatzkin, Arthur ^a   Brinton, Louise A ^a   Fraumeni Jr , Joseph F ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; hormone replacement therapy; menopausal estrogens; United States; women

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030894005     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1018455810238     Document Type: Article

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