Estrogen and progesterone receptor levels in nonneoplastic breast epithelium of breast cancer cases versus benign breast biopsy controls

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Previous studies and biological mechanisms of carcinogenesis suggest that the steroid receptor content of benign breast epithelium may be related to breast cancer risk. The objective in this study was to compare the levels of estroge...

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Main Authors: Hanna Wedad M, SenGupta Sandip K, Woolcott Christy G, Aronson Kristan J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-05-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/8/130