Menarche, menopause, and breast cancer risk

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1071-1072

  Britt, Kara ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

AGE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; CANCER RISK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HETEROZYGOTE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; MENARCHE; MENOPAUSE; NULLIPARA; OVARY CYCLE; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS, HORMONE-DEPENDENT;

EID: 84868194213     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(12)70456-4     Document Type: Letter

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