Cancer

Data on cancer published by researchers at Brigham and Women's Hospital

Published in Cancer Weekly, April 14th, 2009

According to recent research from the United States, " We examined the relationships of prolactin with birth weight; childhood, adolescent and adult body size measures; adult physical activity and inactivity; and alcohol consumption among 1,423 postmenopausal women from the Nurses' Health Study. Information on exposures was collected on biennial questionnaires beginning in 1976."

"Blood was collected from 32,826 participants in 1990; prolactin was measured in a subset of women who were controls for a nested breast cancer case-control study. Generalized linear models were adjusted for assay batch, medication use at blood draw, and other potential predictors of...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2009-04-14)

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