Psychological stress, adverse life events and breast cancer incidence: A cohort investigation in 106,000 women in the United Kingdom

Breast Cancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Schoemaker, Minouk J ^a   Jones, Michael E ^a   Wright, Lauren B ^a   Griffin, James ^a,b   McFadden, Emily ^a,c   Ashworth, Alan ^d   Swerdlow, Anthony J ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Bereavement; Breast cancer; Cohort studies; Life change events; Psychological; Stress

Indexed keywords

ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCE; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR POSITIVE BREAST CANCER; FEMALE; FRIEND; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MENTAL STRESS; PARENTAL DEATH; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELATIVE; RISK REDUCTION; SPOUSE; UNITED KINGDOM; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COMPLICATION; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84987700874     PISSN: 14655411     EISSN: 1465542X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13058-016-0733-1     Document Type: Article

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