Phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 171-183

  Peeters, Petra H M ^a   Keinan Boker, L ^b   Van Der Schouw, Y T ^b   Grobbee, D E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Dietary intake; Enterolactone; Isoflavones; Lignans; Phytoestrogens; Review; Soy; Urinary excretion

Indexed keywords

COUMESTAN DERIVATIVE; ISOFLAVONE; LIGNAN DERIVATIVE; PHYTOESTROGEN; PLANT EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PLANT PRODUCT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOYBEAN; URINE LEVEL;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CLIMACTERIC; DIET; ESTROGENS; ESTROGENS, NON-STEROIDAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOFLAVONES; LIGNANS; MALE; PHYTOESTROGENS; PLANT PREPARATIONS; PLANTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK; SOYBEANS;

EID: 0037275380     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1021381101632     Document Type: Review

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