Associations of breast cancer risk factors with tumor subtypes: a pooled analysis from the Breast Cancer Association Consortium studies.

BACKGROUND: Previous studies have suggested that breast cancer risk factors are associated with estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) expression status of the tumors. METHODS: We pooled tumor marker and epidemiological risk factor data from 35,568 invasive breast cancer case patients...

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Main Authors: Yang, X, Chang-Claude, J, Goode, E, Couch, F, Nevanlinna, H, Milne, R, Gaudet, M, Schmidt, M, Broeks, A, Cox, A, Fasching, P, Hein, R, Spurdle, AB, Blows, F, Driver, K, Flesch-Janys, D, Heinz, J, Sinn, P, Vrieling, A, Heikkinen, T, Aittomäki, K, Heikkilä, P, Blomqvist, C, Lissowska, J, Peplonska, B
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2011