From The National Institute of Environmental Medicine, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden HORMONE-RELATED DIETARY FACTORS AND ESTROGEN / PROGESTERONE-RECEPTOR DEFINED POSTMENOPAUSAL BREAST CANCER

Reiko Suzuki

Breast cancer is the most common invasive cancer among women in Western countries including Sweden. It has been hypothesized that ovarian hormones, such as estrogen and progesterone may, at least partly, play an important role in the etiology of breast cancer. Several nutritional related factors alc