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Breast Cancer
Research conducted at R. Suzuki and co-authors has provided new information about breast cancer
May 8th, 2008
"The association between alcohol consumption and an increased risk of breast cancer has been established. It is still unclear however, whether this relationship differs across the estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) tumors subtypes," investigators in Stockholm, Sweden report. "To provide a quantitative assessment of the association between alcohol intake and the risk of ER-/PR-defined breast cancer, we conducted a meta-analysis of cohort and case-control studies. Studies were identified by a literature search of PubMed through April 20, 2007 and by searching the reference lists of relevant articles. Summarized risk estimates (REs) with 95% confidence...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2008-05-08)
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