Association between Cutaneous Nevi and Breast Cancer in the Nurses' Health Study: A Prospective Cohort Study

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Zhang, Mingfeng ^a   Zhang, Xuehong ^a   Qureshi, Abrar A ^b   Eliassen, A Heather ^a,c   Hankinson, Susan E ^a,d   Han, Jiali ^a,c,e,f,g  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESTRADIOL; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; PRASTERONE SULFATE; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; SEX HORMONE BINDING GLOBULIN; TESTOSTERONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAIR COLOR; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SUN EXPOSURE; BLOOD; BREAST NEOPLASMS; RISK; SKIN TUMOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ESTRADIOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEVUS; ODDS RATIO; POSTMENOPAUSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; RECEPTORS, PROGESTERONE; RISK FACTORS; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TESTOSTERONE;

EID: 84902441594     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001659     Document Type: Article

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