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Molecular epidemiology of breast cancer: genetic variation in steroid hormone metabolism.
Mutation research - 1 Apr 2000
Kristensen V N, Borresen-Dale A L
Abstract excerpt
The age-specific incidence rate of breast cancer in women rises until menopause, levels off and then rises again at a much lower rate indicating a possible hormonal influence on the disease risk. A large amount of evidence has implicated hormones and other compounds with oestrogen activity in the pathogenesis of certain endocrine cancers, particularly breast cancer. Widely dispersed hormone-like chemicals,...
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