Novel interactions of vitamin E and estrogen in breast cancer

Nutrition and Cancer

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Chamras, Hilda ^a,b   Barsky, Sanford H ^a   Ardashian, Ani ^a   Navasartian, Daniel ^a   Heber, David ^a   Glaspy, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; TAMOXIFEN;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER PREVENTION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRAIN MCF 7; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; GROWTH INHIBITION; HORMONE RESPONSE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, HORMONAL; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CELL DIVISION; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; TAMOXIFEN; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VITAMIN E; VITAMINS;

MINK CELL FOCUS-FORMING VIRUS;

EID: 24144461163     PISSN: 01635581     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15327914nc5201_6     Document Type: Article

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