Growing evidence that several human cancers may originate in utero

Seminars in Cancer Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 237-244

  Ekbom, Anders ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast; Hormones; In utero; Prostate; Testicular cancer

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; SEX HORMONE; TESTOSTERONE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; JAUNDICE; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; PREECLAMPSIA; PRENATAL PERIOD; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; TESTIS CANCER;

EID: 0031740060     PISSN: 1044579X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/scbi.1998.0073     Document Type: Article

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