Twenty five year follow-up for breast cancer incidence and mortality of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study: randomised screening trial

Abstract

Published

British Medical Journal, February, 2014.

Objective

To compare breast cancer incidence and mortality up to 25 years in women aged 40-59 who did or did not undergo mammography screening.

Design

Follow-up of randomised screening trial by centre coordinators, the study’s central office, and linkage to cancer registries …

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Postmenopausal Hormone Replacement Therapy and Breast Cancer

Abstract

The concern that postmenopausal hormone replacement therapy (HRT) may cause cancer of the breast has generated much research in epidemiology, endocrinology, and tumor cell biology. The recognition that naturally occurring 17beta-estradiol is a weak genotoxic and mutagenic carcinogen provides a plausible background for the association of breast cancer with …

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A follow-up study for estimating the effectiveness of a cross-gender hormone substitution therapy on transsexual patients

© Archives of Sexual Behavior : 10/1998

Authors - Schlatterer, Kathrin; Yassouridis, Alexander; Werder, Klaus von; Poland, Dorette; Kemper, Johannes; Stalla, Gunter K.

Introduction

Gender dysphoric disorders have been known from antiquity onward across national and cultural boundaries. They have been described in classic literature from Heroditus to Shakespeare (Pauly, 1965; Green …

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