Journal article
Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: reanalysis of 13 studies
Abstract
Background:Breast cancer risk for postmenopausal women is positively associated with circulating concentrations of oestrogens and androgens, but the determinants of these hormones are not well understood.Methods:Cross-sectional analyses of breast cancer risk factors and circulating hormone concentrations in more than 6000 postmenopausal women controls in 13 prospective studies.Results:Concentrations of all hormones were lower in older than …
Authors
Key TJ; Appleby PN; Reeves GK; Roddam AW; Helzlsouer KJ; Alberg AJ; Rollison DE; Dorgan JF; Brinton LA; Overvad K
Journal
British Journal of Cancer, Vol. 105, No. 5, pp. 709–722
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2011
DOI
10.1038/bjc.2011.254
ISSN
0007-0920