Endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of liver cancer among US men: Results from the Liver Cancer Pooling Project

Endogenous sex steroid hormones and risk of liver cancer among US men: Results from the Liver Cancer Pooling Project

Background & Aims: Incidence rates of liver cancer in most populations are two to three times higher among men than women. The higher rates among men have led to the suggestion that androgens are related to increased risk whereas oestrogens are related to decreased risk. This hypothesis was...

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Main Authors: Zeni Wu, Jessica L. Petrick, Andrea A. Florio, Chantal Guillemette, Laura E. Beane Freeman, Julie E. Buring, Gary Bradwin, Patrick Caron, Yu Chen, A. Heather Eliassen, Lawrence S. Engel, Neal D. Freedman, J. Michael Gaziano, Edward L. Giovannuci, Jonathan N. Hofmann, Wen-Yi Huang, Victoria A. Kirsh, Cari M. Kitahara, Jill Koshiol, I-Min Lee, Linda M. Liao, Christina C. Newton, Julie R. Palmer, Mark P. Purdue, Thomas E. Rohan, Lynn Rosenberg, Howard D. Sesso, Rashmi Sinha, Meir J. Stampfer, Caroline Y. Um, Stephen K. Van Den Eeden, Kala Visvanathan, Jean Wactawski-Wende, Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte, Xuehong Zhang, Barry I. Graubard, Peter T. Campbell, Katherine A. McGlynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2023-07-01
Series:JHEP Reports
Subjects:
Androgen
Oestrogen
Sex steroid hormone
Liver cancer
Male
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589555923000733

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