Western diet, early puberty, and breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 187-193

  Stoll, Basil A ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Diet; Fatty acids; Growth hormone; Hyperinsulinaemia; IGF I; Insulin resistance; Menarche

Indexed keywords

AROMATASE; ESTRADIOL; FAT; FATTY ACID; GROWTH HORMONE; INSULIN; SEX HORMONE; SOMATOMEDIN C;

BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER RISK; CELL PROLIFERATION; DIET; DIETARY FIBER; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; EXERCISE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINEMIA; INSULIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; STEROIDOGENESIS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN GROWTH HORMONE; HUMANS; HYPERINSULINISM; INSULIN RESISTANCE; INSULIN-LIKE GROWTH FACTOR I; OBESITY; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031670579     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006003110909     Document Type: Review

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