Human chorionic gonadotropin in pregnancy and maternal risk of breast cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 70, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 6779-6786

  Toniolo, Paolo ^a,b   Grankvist, Kjell ^c   Wulff, Marianne ^c   Chen, Tianhui ^d   Johansson, Robert ^c   Schock, Helena ^d   Lenner, Per ^c   Hallmans, Göran ^c   Lehtinen, Matti ^e   Kaaks, Rudolf ^d   Wadell, Göran ^c   Zeleniuch Jacquotte, Anne ^a   Lundin, Eva ^c   Lukanova, Annekatrin ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^e TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIRST TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; AGE; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956270688     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: 15387445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-09-4622     Document Type: Article

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