Reproductive factors and risk of oesophageal and gastric cancer in the Million Women Study cohort

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 210-216

  Green, J ^a   Roddam, A ^a,b   Pirie, K ^a   Kirichek, O ^a   Reeves, G ^a   Beral, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b AMGEN LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cohort; gastric cancer; menarche; menopause; oesophageal cancer; parity

Indexed keywords

SEX HORMONE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RISK; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; PARITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855352403     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.525     Document Type: Article

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