Could the rising levels of estrogen receptor in breast cancer be due to estrogenic pollutants?

J Natl Cancer Inst. 1997 Jun 18;89(12):888-9. doi: 10.1093/jnci/89.12.888.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Body Burden
  • Breast Neoplasms / epidemiology
  • Breast Neoplasms / metabolism*
  • Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene / analysis*
  • Environmental Pollutants / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Receptors, Estrogen / drug effects*
  • Receptors, Estrogen / metabolism

Substances

  • Environmental Pollutants
  • Receptors, Estrogen
  • Dichlorodiphenyl Dichloroethylene