Geographical variation in endocrine function and its relation to breast cancer incidence: some general considerations
| Autor: | R. D. Bulbrook |
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| Rok vydání: | 1991 |
| Předmět: |
Oncology
Gynecology Cancer Research medicine.medical_specialty Geography business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Incidence Racial Groups Breast Neoplasms Disease medicine.disease Affect (psychology) Variation (linguistics) Breast cancer Risk Factors Internal medicine medicine Endocrine system Humans Tumor growth Female business Hormone |
| Zdroj: | Breast cancer research and treatment. 18 |
| ISSN: | 0167-6806 |
| Popis: | Abnormalities in endocrine function are not a determinant of risk of breast cancer within countries, and racial differences in this function do not explain geographical variation in risk. It is suggested that hormonal status is related to tumor growth rates and hence to age at diagnosis, recurrence rates after primary treatment, and survival. Such evidence as there is points in this direction, but it still remains to be finally established whether the disease runs a similar course in all countries when patients are standardised for factors known to affect prognosis. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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