Journal article
Sex hormones and risk of breast cancer in premenopausal women: a collaborative reanalysis of individual participant data from seven prospective studies
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Associations between circulating concentrations of oestrogens, progesterone, and androgens with breast cancer and related risk factors in premenopausal women are not well understood. We aimed to characterise these associations with a pooled analysis of data from seven studies.
METHODS: Individual participant data for prediagnostic sex hormone and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) concentrations were contributed from seven …
Authors
Key TJ; Appleby PN; Reeves GK; Travis RC; Alberg AJ; Barricarte A; Berrino F; Krogh V; Sieri S; Brinton LA
Journal
The Lancet Oncology, Vol. 14, No. 10, pp. 1009–1019
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
September 2013
DOI
10.1016/s1470-2045(13)70301-2
ISSN
1470-2045