Influence of drinking green tea on breast cancer malignancy among Japanese patients

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 254-261

  Nakachi, Kei ^a   Suemasu, Kimito ^a   Suga, Kenji ^a   Takeo, Takeshi ^a   Imai, Kazue ^a   Higashi, Yasuhiro ^a  

^a SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Follow up study; Green tea; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AXILLARY LYMPH NODE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL GROWTH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE RISK; TEA;

EID: 0031980398     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00556.x     Document Type: Article

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