Does hormone replacement therapy and use of oral contraceptives increase the risk of non-melanoma skin cancer?

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 379-388

  Birch Johansen, Fatima ^a   Jensen, Allan ^a   Olesen, Anne Braae ^b   Christensen, Jane ^a   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Kjær, Susanne K ^a,c  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c Mental Health Center Glostrup   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Denmark; Hormone replacement therapy; Non melanoma skin cancer; Oral contraceptives; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN; GESTAGEN; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; LENTIGO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEVUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856692787     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-011-9887-4     Document Type: Article

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