Ethnic differences in breast cancer incidence in England are due to differences in known risk factors for the disease: Prospective study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 224-229

  Gathani, T ^a,b   Ali, R ^a   Balkwill, A ^a   Green, J ^a   Reeves, G ^a   Beral, V ^a   Moser, K A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXFORD UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer incidence; breast cancer risk factors; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; ENGLAND; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84891884096     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.632     Document Type: Review

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