Parental age at delivery and incidence of breast cancer: A prospective cohort study

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 331-340

  Xue, Fei ^a,b   Colditz, Graham A ^a,b   Willett, Walter C ^a,b   Rosner, Bernard A ^a,b   Michels, Karin B ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Epidemiology; Hormone receptor; Maternal age; Paternal age; Prospective cohort

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; HORMONE RECEPTOR; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARCINOMA IN SITU; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MATERNAL AGE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PARENTS; PATERNAL AGE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34547771584     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-006-9424-4     Document Type: Article

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