The effect of body mass index and oestrogen receptor level on survival of breast cancer patients

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 484-490

  Newman, Stephen C ^a   Lees, Alan W ^b   Jenkins, Heather J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c CROSS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Obesity; Oestrogen receptor; Survival

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALBERTA; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBESITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REGISTRIES; RISK; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030943628     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.3.484     Document Type: Article

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