Combined effects of endogenous sex hormone levels and mammographic density on postmenopausal breast cancer risk: Results from the breakthrough generations study

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 110, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1898-1907

  Schoemaker, M J ^a   Folkerd, E J ^a,b   Jones, M E ^a   Rae, M ^a,b   Allen, S ^b   Ashworth, A ^a   Dowsett, M ^a,b   Swerdlow, A J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast cancer; mammographic density; oestradiol; sex hormone binding globulin; testosterone

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; SEX HORMONE; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DENSITY; ESTRADIOL BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAMMOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BREAST DENSITY; CANCER SCREENING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEMOPROPHYLAXIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; OPTICAL DENSITY;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMARY GLANDS, HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; POSTMENOPAUSE; RISK FACTORS; SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897574827     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.64     Document Type: Article

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