Estrogens and breast cancer

• Main Authors: HANKINSON SUSAN E (Author), STAMPFER MEIR J (Author)
• Format: Knjiga
• Izdano: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Teme: article
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In this review, we summarize the epidemiologic evidence for the associations of oral contraceptives and postmenopausal hormones with risk of breast cancer. We also describe the biologic plausibility of these relationships. Overall, there appears to be little, if any, increase in risk with oral contr...