Journal article
Menopausal hormone therapy and risk of gastrointestinal cancer: nested case-control study within a prospective cohort, and meta-analysis.
- Abstract:
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Use of menopausal hormone therapy (HT) has been associated with reduced risk of colorectal cancer; evidence for its effect on other gastrointestinal cancers is limited. We conducted a nested case-control study within a UK cohort, and meta-analyses combining our results with those from published studies. Our study included women aged 50+ in the UK General Practice Research Database (GPRD): 1,054 with oesophageal, 750 with gastric and 4,708 with colorectal cancer, and 5 age- and practice-matche...
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- Publication status:
- Published
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- Journal:
- International journal of cancer. Journal international du cancer
- Volume:
- 130
- Issue:
- 10
- Pages:
- 2387-2396
- Publication date:
- 2012-05-01
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1097-0215
- ISSN:
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0020-7136
- Source identifiers:
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155090
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- Language:
- English
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:155090
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- Local pid:
- pubs:155090
- Deposit date:
- 2012-12-19
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- Copyright date:
- 2012
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