Serum Steroid Hormone Levels, Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin, and Body Mass Index in the Etiology of Postmenopausal Breast Cancer

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1983 • 1,720 citations

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1973 • 961 citations

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1991 • 786 citations

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1993 • 699 citations

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1988 • 682 citations

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1988 • 647 citations

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1995 • 635 citations

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1992 • 622 citations

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1990 • 412 citations

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1996 • 343 citations

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1990 • 332 citations

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1986 • 325 citations

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1991 • 259 citations

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1985 • 231 citations

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1982 • 179 citations

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1969 • 175 citations

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1989 • 167 citations

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1987 • 164 citations

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1989 • 119 citations

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1989 • 119 citations

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1983 • 117 citations

Serum and urinary androgens and risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

1991 • 112 citations

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1973 • 109 citations

Regulation of sex hormone-binding globulin production by growth factors

1990 • 91 citations

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1987 • 86 citations

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1977 • 85 citations

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1990 • 76 citations

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1991 • 67 citations

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1985 • 63 citations

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1977 • 58 citations

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1986 • 58 citations

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1989 • 55 citations

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1979 • 51 citations

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1980 • 49 citations

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1986 • 48 citations

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1977 • 40 citations

Bioavailability of estradiol as a marker for breast cancer risk assessment.

1987 • 40 citations

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1975 • 39 citations

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1987 • 32 citations

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1987 • 32 citations

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1978 • 32 citations

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1985 • 31 citations

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1986 • 30 citations

Estrogen production and metabolism in normal postmenopausal women and postmenopausal women with breast or endometrial cancer

1986 • 28 citations

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1966 • 22 citations

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1982 • 13 citations

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1984 • 13 citations

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1985 • 10 citations

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