Age at menopause and hormone replacement therapy as risk factors for head and neck and oesophageal cancer (Review)

There were ~986,000 cases of head and neck cancer (HNC) and oesophageal cancer diagnosed worldwide in 2012. The incidence of these types of cancer is much higher in males than females, although this disparity decreases in the elderly population, suggesting a role for hormones as a risk factor. This...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Oncology reports 2017-10, Vol.38 (4), p.1915-1922
Hauptverfasser:	McCarthy, Caroline E, Field, John K, Marcus, Michael W
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Age Age Factors Alcohol Bias Carcinoma, Squamous Cell - epidemiology Esophageal cancer Esophageal Neoplasms - epidemiology Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Esophagus Estrogen Replacement Therapy - statistics & numerical data Female Females Head & neck cancer Head and Neck Neoplasms - epidemiology Health risk assessment Hormone replacement therapy Hospitals Humans Lung cancer Menopause Menopause - physiology Older people Risk Factors Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Studies Systematic review Tumors
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