Journal article
IGF-I, IGFBP-3 and breast cancer in young women: a pooled re-analysis of three prospective studies
Abstract
Prospective cohort studies on breast cancer risk among premenopausal women and insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I) concentrations have so far included only few cases, and have shown inconsistent relative risk estimates. We pooled 220 cases of breast cancer diagnosed before age 50, and 434 control subjects, from three prospective studies in New York (USA), Umeå (Northern Sweden) and Milan (Italy), and we measured IGF-I and insulin-like growth …
Authors
Rinaldi S; Toniolo P; Muti P; Lundin E; Zeleniuch-Jacquotte A; Arslan A; Micheli A; Lenner P; Dossus L; Krogh V
Journal
European Journal of Cancer Prevention, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 493–496
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
December 2005
DOI
10.1097/00008469-200512000-00001
ISSN
0959-8278