Lobular involution: The physiological prevention of breast cancer

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 98, Issue 22, 2006, Pages 1589-1590

  Henson, Donald Earl ^a   Tarone, Robert E ^b,c   Nsouli, Hala ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DISEASE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; EDITORIAL; ESTROGEN ACTIVITY; FAMILY HISTORY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INVOLUTION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAMMOGRAPHY; MENOPAUSE; OVARIECTOMY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION;

AGING; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, LOBULAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33751369011     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djj454     Document Type: Editorial

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