Association between abortion and breast cancer: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis based on prospective studies

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 811-819

  Guo, Jun ^a   Huang, Yubei ^b   Yang, Lei ^c   Xie, Zhengqiang ^a   Song, Shuhong ^a   Yin, Juan ^a   Kuang, Li ^a   Qin, Wengang ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Induced abortion; Meta analysis; Prospective study; Spontaneous abortion; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ABORTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); MORTALITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; INDUCED ABORTION; META ANALYSIS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR;

ABORTION, INDUCED; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84929709406     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-015-0536-1     Document Type: Article

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