Alcohol exposure in utero and breast cancer risk later in life |
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| Authors: | Stevens R G Hilakivi-Clarke L |
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| Institution: | University of Connecticut Health Center, Farmington, CT 06030 and
1 Lombardi Cancer Center, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC 20007, USA |
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| Abstract: | Since the pioneering work of Hiatt and Bawol (1984), there hasamassed a considerable amount of evidence that moderate-to-heavyalcohol consumption increases risk of breast cancer in women(Willett et al., 1987 ; Longnecker, 1999). A plausible mechanismis by alcohol's effects on circulating hormone levels. Alcoholadministration has been reported to increase circulating oestradiollevels in pre-menopausal women (Reichman et al., 1993); theevidence is mixed in . . . Full Text of this Article]FOOTNOTESREFERENCES |
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