Cancer of the breast at menopausal ages
β Scribed by Joseph K. Wagoner; Leonard Chiazze Jr.; J. William Lloyd
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1967
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 716 KB
- Volume
- 20
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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the age at onset of breast cancer is significant for clinical diagnosis and treatment. I t is possible that this information may also aid in establishing the factors and the time relationships in the etiology of breast cancer. This may be particularly true with regard to the period of the menopause
To assess the relationship of menopausal estrogens to breast cancer risk, the authors conducted a case-control study among 881 cases and 863 controls identified through the Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project (BCDDP). Use of estrogens was associated with a relative risk (RR) of 1.24 (95% C