Abstract
An examination of birth weight in a Swedish cohort study of 38 566 women showed no significant association between birth weight and endometrial cancer, but supported a protective role for low birth weight for premenopausal breast cancer.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 134-136 |
Number of pages | 3 |
Journal | British Journal of Cancer |
Volume | 96 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 15 2007 |
Externally published | Yes |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was supported by the grants obtained from the National Cancer Institute (1 U54 CA00100971, 5 RO1 CA89950) and Department of Defence (USAMRMC 00000100093).
Keywords
- Birth weight
- Breast cancer
- Endometrial cancer