The Relationship between Alcohol Use and Risk of Breast Cancer by Histology and Hormone Receptor Status among Women 65-79 Years of Age

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1061-1066

  Li, Christopher I ^a,b   Malone, Kathleen E ^a,b   Porter, Peggy L ^a,b,c   Weiss, Noel S ^a,b   Tang, Mei Tzu C ^a   Daling, Janet R ^a,b  

^a Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST DUCTAL CANCER; BREAST LOBULAR CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, INTRADUCTAL, NONINFILTRATING; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; ODDS RATIO; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0142212207     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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