The role of oestrogen and progesterone receptors in human mammary development and tumorigenesis

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 197-201

  Anderson, Elizabeth ^a  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast tumours; Normal mammary epithelium; Oestrogen receptor; Progesterone receptor

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR ALPHA; ISOPROTEIN; PROGESTERONE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; STEROID RECEPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CELL; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL COUNT; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRECANCER; PREDICTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0035995602     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/bcr452     Document Type: Review

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