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Breast Cancer
Research from University of California, Medical Department provides new data on breast cancer
June 25th, 2009
"Prospective data on ethnic differences in hormone receptor-defined subtypes of breast cancer and their risk factor profiles are scarce. The authors examined the joint distributions of estrogen receptor (ER) and progesterone receptor (PR) status across 5 ethnic groups and the associations of established risk factors with ER/PR status in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (Hawaii and Los Angeles, California)," researchers in the United States report. "During an average of 10.4 years of follow-up of 84,427 women between 1993-1996 and 2004/2005, 2,543 breast cancer cases with data on ER/PR status were identified: 1,672 estrogen receptor-positive (ER+)/progesterone...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2009-06-25)
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