Carotenoid intakes and risk of breast cancer defined by estrogen receptor and progesterone receptor status: A pooled analysis of 18 prospective cohort studies

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 713-725

  Zhang, Xuehong ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Baglietto, Laura ^b,c   Bernstein, Leslie ^d   Boggs, Deborah A ^e   Van Den Brandt, Piet A ^f   Buring, Julie E ^a,g   Gapstur, Susan M ^h   Giles, Graham G ^c   Giovannucci, Edward ^a,g   Goodman, Gary ⁱ   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,g   Helzlsouer, Kathy J ^j,k   Horn Ross, Pamela L ^l   Inoue, Manami ^m   Jung, Seungyoun ^a   Khudyakov, Polyna ^a   Larsson, Susanna C ⁿ   Lof, Marie ⁿ   McCullough, Marjorie L ^h   Miller, Anthony B ^o   Neuhouser, Marian L ⁱ   Palmer, Julie R ^e   Park, Yikyung ^p   Robien, Kim ^q   Rohan, Thomas E ^o   Ross, Julie A ^q   Schouten, Leo J ^f   Shikany, James M ^r   Tsugane, Shoichiro ^m   Visvanathan, Kala ^k   Weiderpass, Elisabete ^s,t,u   Wolk, Alicja ⁿ   Willett, Walter C ^a,g   Zhang, Shumin M ^g   Ziegler, Regina G ^p   Smith Warner, Stephanie A ^a   more..

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

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

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^g BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

ⁱ USA   (United States)

^j MERCY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^k JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^l CANCER PREVENTION INSTITUTE OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^m NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

ⁿ KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^o UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^p NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^q UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^r UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^s UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^t CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^u FOLKHÄLSAN RESEARCH CENTER   (Finland)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CAROTENE; BETA CAROTENE; BETA CRYPTOXANTHIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; LYCOPENE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; XANTHOPHYLL; ZEAXANTHIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BETA CAROTENE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAROTENOIDS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUTEIN; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; XANTHOPHYLLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84863267304     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.014415     Document Type: Article

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