Does extra height justify a higher risk of breast cancer?

Overexpression of the human insulinlike growth factor I receptor promotes ligand-dependent neoplastic transformation.

1990 • 404 citations

Role of insulin-like growth factors and the type I insulin-like growth factor receptor in the estrogen-stimulated proliferation of human breast cancer cells.

1990 • 385 citations

Height and weight in relation to breast cancer morbidity and mortality. A prospective study of 570,000 women in Norway

1989 • 280 citations

Effect of Tamoxifen on Serum Insulinlike Growth Factor I Levels in Stage I Breast Cancer Patients

1990 • 264 citations

Prospective Study of Relative Weight, Height, and Risk of Breast Cancer

1989 • 229 citations

Receptors for epidermal growth factor and insulin-like growth factor I and their relation to steroid receptors in human breast cancer.

1988 • 208 citations

A unifying concept of the aetiology of breast cancer

1988 • 180 citations

Growth hormone increases rate of pubertal maturation

1990 • 155 citations

Breast Cancer Risk in Relation to Serum Cholesterol, Serum Beta-Lipoprotein, Height, Weight, and Blood Pressure

1988 • 137 citations

Ethical Issues in Growth Hormone Therapy

1989 • 98 citations

Growth factor expression in Breast tissue

1990 • 43 citations

Treatment of short normal children with growth hormone—a cautionary tale?

1990 • 39 citations

Growth and growth hormone secretion

1988 • 25 citations

Approaches to breast cancer prevention

1990 • 21 citations

The involvement of oestrogen in the development and function of the normal breast: histological evidence

1989 • 17 citations

Hormones and Proliferative Activity in Breast Tissue

1991 • 13 citations

Safety of growth hormone

1991 • 6 citations

Avoiding Hormone-Related Risk Factors

1991 • 4 citations

Growth hormone treatment and leukemia.

1988 • 3 citations