Benefits and harms of phytoestrogen consumption in breast cancer survivors

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 3091-3096

  Alipour, Sadaf ^a   Jafari Adli, Shahrzad ^b   Eskandari, Amirhossein ^c  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Breast; Cancer; Climacteric; Estrogens; Menopause; Neoplasm; Phytoestrogens; Tamoxifen

Indexed keywords

PHYTOESTROGEN;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; DRUG EFFECTS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMAN; MENOPAUSE; PATHOLOGY;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOT FLASHES; HUMANS; MENOPAUSE; PHYTOESTROGENS;

EID: 84928994173     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2015.16.8.3091     Document Type: Short Survey

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