There is substantial evidence that high estrogen levels in postmenopausal women are
associated with an increase in breast cancer risk, but such a relation has not yet been …

Ovarian cancer is a commonly fatal disease for which prevention strategies have been
limited, in part because of a lack of understanding of the underlying biology. This paper …

The importance of age at menarche, age at menopause, height, and obesity as risk factors
for breast cancer, and the possible interactions among these factors in breast cancer …

Factors that increase the risk of cancer during adult life may also increase the risk of cancer
when they act in utero (eg, ionising radiation and diethylstilboestrol in human beings and …

The risk of cancer associated with a broad range of organ doses was estimated in an
international study of women with cervical cancer. Among 150,000 patients reported to one …

Cancer incidence was ascertained in a population-based cohort of 51,008 patients in
Uppsala, Sweden, who were given a discharge diagnosis of diabetes mellitus during 1965 …

Among 41,109 women diagnosed with breast cancer between 1935 and 1982 in
Connecticut, 3,984 developed a second cancer, whereas 2,426 were expected [relative risk …

We assessed the overall progress against cancer during the years 1950 to 1982. In the
United States, these years were associated with increases in the number of deaths from …

Objectives: This paper reviews the epidemiologic data of associations between physical
activity and cancer risk, describes potential mechanisms for a physical activity cancer link …

The familial risk of breast cancer was investigated in a large population-based, case-control
study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control. The data set included 4,730 …