Hormone replacement therapy use dramatically increases breast oestrogen receptor expressions in obese postmenopausal women

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 342-345

  Lawson, James S ^a   Field, Andrew S ^b   Tran, Dinh D ^b   Houssami, Nehmat ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Sydney Square Breast Clinic ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast cancer; Hormone replacement therapy; Oestrogen receptor (ER) expression

Indexed keywords

CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; PEROXIDASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPEROXIDASE STAINING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTOR UPREGULATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; FEMALE; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN;

EID: 0034857934     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr318     Document Type: Article

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