Journal article
Endogenous sex hormones and subsequent breast cancer in premenopausal women
Abstract
Because of large intra-individual variation in hormone levels, few studies have investigated the relation of serum sex hormones to breast cancer (BC) in premenopausal women. We prospectively studied this relation, adjusting for timing of blood sampling within menstrual cycle. Premenopausal women (5,963), recruited to the Hormones and Diet in the Etiology of Breast Tumors (ORDET) cohort study, provided a blood sample in the 20-24th day of their …
Authors
Micheli A; Muti P; Secreto G; Krogh V; Meneghini E; Venturelli E; Sieri S; Pala V; Berrino F
Journal
International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 112, No. 2, pp. 312–318
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2004
DOI
10.1002/ijc.20403
ISSN
0020-7136