Sex steroids, growth factors and mammographic density: a cross-sectional study of UK postmenopausal Caucasian and Afro-Caribbean women

INTRODUCTION: Sex steroids, insulin-like growth factors (IGFs) and prolactin are breast cancer risk factors but whether their effects are mediated through mammographic density, one of the strongest risk factors for breast cancer, is unknown. If such a hormonal basis of mammographic density exists, h...

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Autores principales: McCormack, Valerie A, Dowsett, Mitch, Folkerd, Elizabeth, Johnson, Nichola, Palles, Claire, Coupland, Ben, Holly, Jeff M, Vinnicombe, Sarah J, Perry, Nicholas M, dos Santos Silva, Isabel
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2009
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2716507/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19545414
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr2325

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