## Abstract Tubal sterilization methods may damage surrounding tissue, potentially disrupting the ovarian blood supply and hormonal functioning, and may decrease breast cancer risk. We examined this hypothesis, within the Nurses' Health Study, among 77,511 women, aged 30–55 years and free of cancer
Tubal sterilization and the risk of endometrial cancer
✍ Scribed by Xavier Castellsagué; W. Douglas Thompson; Robert Dubrow
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- French
- Weight
- 721 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0020-7136
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