A case-control analysis of oral contraceptive use and breast cancer subtypes in the African American Breast Cancer Epidemiology and Risk Consortium

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Bethea, Traci N ^a   Rosenberg, Lynn ^a   Hong, Chi Chen ^b   Troester, Melissa A ^c   Lunetta, Kathryn L ^d   Bandera, Elisa V ^e   Schedin, Pepper ^f   Kolonel, Laurence N ^g   Olshan, Andrew F ^c   Ambrosone, Christine B ^b   Palmer, Julie R ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e RUTGERS CANCER INSTITUTE OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^f OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE AGENT; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; ORAL CONTRACEPTIVE USE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; TRIPLE NEGATIVE BREAST CANCER; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; HEALTH SURVEY; MENOPAUSE; METABOLISM; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; REGISTER; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONTRACEPTIVES, ORAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RECEPTORS, ESTROGEN; REGISTRIES; RISK; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928736437     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-015-0535-x     Document Type: Article

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