Obesity and poor breast cancer prognosis: An illusion because of hormone replacement therapy

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1486-1491

  Hall, P ^a   Rosenberg, L ^a   Czene, K ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Breast neoplasm; Mammography; Oestrogen replacement therapy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANTIESTROGEN; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTROGEN THERAPY; FEMALE; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SWEDEN; TUMOR VOLUME; BREAST TUMOR; CASE CONTROL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL; SURVIVOR;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTROGEN REPLACEMENT THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 65549084690     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605025     Document Type: Article

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