Evidence for a common etiology for endometrial carcinomas and malignant mixed mullerian tumors

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 253-257

  Zelmanowicz, Alice ^a,h   Hildesheim, Allan ^a   Sherman, Mark E ^a,b   Sturgeon, Susan R ^a   Kurman, Robert J ^b   Barrett, Rolland J ^c   Berman, Michael L ^d,f   Mortel, Rodrigue ^e   Twiggs, Leo B ^d,f   Wilbanks, George D ^g   Brinton, Louise A ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f University of Minnesota   (United States)

^g RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENDOMETRIUM CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MIXED MULLERIAN TUMOR; NEGRO; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0032103255     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/gyno.1998.4941     Document Type: Article

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