Breast cancer survivors who use estrogenic botanical supplements have lower serum estrogen levels than non users

Breast Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 111-119

  Wayne, Sharon J ^a   Neuhouser, Marian L ^b   Koprowski, Carol ^c   Ulrich, Cornelia M ^b   Wiggins, Charles ^a   Gilliland, Frank ^c   Baumgartner, Kathy B ^d   Baumgartner, Richard N ^d   McTiernan, Anne ^b   Bernstein, Leslie ^e   Ballard Barbash, Rachel ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^e CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Estrogenic botanical supplements; Serum sex hormones

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN; ESTRONE; PRASTERONE SULFATE; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIETARY INTAKE; ESTROGEN BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FLAX; GINSENG; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SOYBEAN;

AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY SUPPLEMENTS; ESTROGENS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT EXTRACTS; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; SURVIVORS;

EID: 69049101333     PISSN: 01676806     EISSN: 15737217     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10549-008-0224-x     Document Type: Article

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