Pre-diagnostic alcohol consumption and breast cancer recurrence and mortality: Results from a prospective cohort with a wide range of variation in alcohol intake

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 132, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 686-694

  Holm, Marianne ^a   Olsen, Anja ^a   Christensen, Jane ^a   Kroman, Niels T ^b   Bidstrup, Pernille E ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Overvad, Kim ^c   Tjønneland, Anne ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

alcohol consumption; breast cancer; mortality; recurrence; tumor characteristics

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84870235126     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27652     Document Type: Article

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