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Endogenous steroid hormone concentrations and risk of breast cancer: does the association vary by a woman's predicted breast cancer risk?
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 20 Apr 2006
Eliassen A Heather, Missmer Stacey A, Tworoger Shelley S, Hankinson Susan E
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PURPOSE: To examine whether the associations of endogenous estrogens and testosterone with breast cancer risk differ between high- and low-risk women, as determined by the Gail model and the Rosner and Colditz model, and by family history of breast cancer. METHODS: We conducted a prospective nested case-control study within the Nurses' Health Study. From 1989 or 1990 until June 2000, blood samples were collected,...
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