## Abstract Epidemiological evidence indicates that the association between body weight and breast cancer risk may differ across menopausal status as well as the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) tumor status. To date, no metaβanalysis has been conducted to assess the associatio
Adult weight gain in relation to breast cancer risk by estrogen and progesterone receptor status: a meta-analysis
β Scribed by Alina Vrieling; Katharina Buck; Rudolf Kaaks; Jenny Chang-Claude
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 255 KB
- Volume
- 123
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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