## Abstract We investigated the association between smoking and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer in groups defined by high levels of estrogens, a factor known to enhance tumour progression. Two prospective cohorts of Swedish women provided 260 postmenopausal breast cancer cases and 514 controls
Elevated level of cell-free plasma DNA is associated with breast cancer
โ Scribed by Xiao Yan Zhong; Ariane Ladewig; Seraina Schmid; Edward Wight; Sinuhe Hahn; Wolfgang Holzgreve
- Book ID
- 106080400
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2007
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 285 KB
- Volume
- 276
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0003-9128
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