Comparative study of blood insulin levels in breast and endometrial cancer patients

Neoplasma

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 123-126

  Gamayunova, V B ^a   Bobrov, Yu F ^a   Tsyrlina, E V ^a   Evtushenko, T P ^a   Berstein, L M ^a  

^a N N PETROV RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

aging; benign breast disease; breast cancer endometrial cancer; Insulin; smoking; upper type of obesity

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; INSULIN RELEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; POSTMENOPAUSE;

EID: 0030968976     PISSN: 00282685     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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