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Genetic variability in IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 and body size in early life (with Elizabeth M. Poole, Shelley S. Tworoger, and Heather J. Baer), BMC Public Health (2012)

Background Early life body size and circulating levels of IGF-1 and IGFBP-3 have been linked...

 

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Reproductive aging-associated common genetic variants and the risk of breast cancer (with Chunyan He, Daniel I. Chasman, Jill Dreyfus, Shih-Jen Hwang, Rikje Ruiter, Serena Sanna, Julie E. Buring, Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Nora Franceschini, Albert Hofman, Kathryn L. Lunetta, Giuseppe Palmieri, Eleonora Porcu, Fernando Rivadeneira, Lynda M. Rose, Greta L. Splansky, Lisette Stolk, André G. Uitterlinden, Stephen J. Chanock, Laura Crisponi, Ellen W. Demerath, Joanne M. Murabito, Paul M. Ridker, Bruno H. Stricker, and David J/ Hunter), Breast Cancer Research (2012)

Introduction A younger age at menarche and an older age at menopause are well established...

 

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Insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein-3 and lobule type in the Nurses' Health Study II (with Megan S. Rice, Rulla M. Tamimi, James L. Connolly, Laura C. Collins, Dejun Shen, Michael N.. Pollak, Bernard Rosner, and Shelley S. Tworoger), Breast Cancer Research (2012)

Introduction Previous research in the Nurses' Health Study (NHS) and the NHSII observed that, among...

 

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Nondense mammographic area and risk of breast cancer (with Andreas Pettersson, Walter C. Willett, Pagona Lagiou, Dimitrios Trichopoulos, and Rulla M. Tamimi), Breast Cancer Research (2011)

Introduction The mechanisms underlying the strong association between percentage dense area on a mammogram and...

 

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The combined influence of multiple sex and growth hormones on risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: a nested case-control study (with Shelley S. Tworoger, Bernard A. Rosner, and Walter C. Willett), Breast Cancer Research (2011)

Introduction Sex and growth hormones are positively associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk. However, few...