Hormonal Markers in Breast Cancer: Coexpression, Relationship with Pathologic Characteristics, and Risk Factor Associations in a Population-Based Study
Yang XR, Pfeiffer RM, Garcia-Closas M, Rimm DL, Lissowska J, Brinton LA, Peplonska B, Hewitt SM, Cartun RW, Mandich D, Sasano H, Evans DB, Sutter TR, Sherman ME. Hormonal Markers in Breast Cancer: Coexpression, Relationship with Pathologic Characteristics, and Risk Factor Associations in a Population-Based Study. Cancer Research 2007, 67: 10608-10617. PMID: 17968031, DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-07-2142.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCurrent body mass indexBody mass indexPremenopausal womenPathologic characteristicsMass indexHormonal markersMolecular subtypesHigher current body mass indexPopulation-based case-control studyProliferation factorsEpidemiologic risk factorsRisk factor associationsHigh tumor gradeCase-control studyInvasive breast carcinomaBreast cancer tissuesER betaRisk factorsTumor gradeBreast carcinomaCoexpression patternsBreast cancerHigher scoresEarly menarcheCancer tissues