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- Title
Ethnic Variations in Estrogen and Its Metabolites: Sufficient to Explain Differences in Breast Cancer Incidence Rates?
- Authors
Visvanathan, Kala; Yager, James D.
- Abstract
The authors discuss study regarding the contribution of the parent estrogens and their metabolites (EM) to the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal Chinese women. Topics include the correlation between urinary estrogens and breast cancer risk, the statistical difference in the concentrations of parent estrogen between Chinese women in China and Asian American populations, and the carcinogenesis of breast cancer.
- Subjects
ESTROGEN; METABOLITES; BREAST cancer risk factors; POSTMENOPAUSE; CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST tumors; ETHNIC groups; DISEASE incidence
- Publication
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 2016, Vol 108, Issue 11, p1
- ISSN
0027-8874
- Publication type
editorial
- DOI
10.1093/jnci/djw223