Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in  Trivandrum, South India

Dey S, Boffetta P, Mathews A, Brennan P, Soliman A, Mathew A

doi:10.1002/ijc.24460

Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South India

Dey S et al., 2009

International Journal of Cancer, 125(7), 1663-1670

DOI 10.1002/ijc.24460 PMID 19452528

Abstract

Estrogen receptor (ER) status is an important biomarker in defining subtypes of breast cancer differing in antihormonal therapy response, risk factors and prognosis. However, little is known about association of ER status with various risk factors in the developing world. Our case-control study done in Kerala, India looked at the associations of ER status and risk factors of breast cancer. From 2002 to 2005, 1,208 cases and controls were selected at the Regional Cancer Center (RCC), Trivandrum, Kerala, India. Information was collected using a

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General OB/GYN > Oncology > Breast Cancer Risk Factors Reproductive Endocrinology > Estrogen > Receptor Status and Cancer

estrogen receptor status breast cancer risk factors India, ER positive negative breast cancer Kerala, Dey Boffetta breast cancer risk developing world, breast cancer subtypes South India epidemiology, hormonal receptor status breast cancer risk association, case-control breast cancer study Trivandrum, antihormonal therapy response ER status risk, reproductive risk factors breast cancer ER subtypes, breast cancer prognosis estrogen receptor developing countries, Regional Cancer Center Kerala breast cancer

PMID 19452528 19452528 DOI 10.1002/ijc.24460 10.1002/ijc.24460

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Dey, S., Boffetta, P., mathews, A., Brennan, P., Soliman, A., & Mathew, A. (2009). Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South India. *International journal of cancer*, *125*(7), 1663-1670. https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.24460

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Biomarkers, Tumor, Receptors, Estrogen

Risk factors according to estrogen receptor status of breast cancer patients in Trivandrum, South India

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