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Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast and Cervical Cancer

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Hormonal Carcinogenesis II

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In this Symposium, we have already heard about epidemiological studies on oral contraception and breast cancer, and about biological studies on steroids and mammary carcinogenesis. I shall try to draw together the biological and epidemiological data on breast and cervical cancer. But today’s workshop concentrates on issues of relevance to the practicing clinician, and I want to begin by putting our discussions into a broader perspective.

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Division of Etiology and Prevention of Hormonal Cancers, Hormonal Carcinogenesis Laboratory, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

    J. Jonathan Li Ph.D. (Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Director) (Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Director)

  2. Hormonal Carcinogenesis Laboratory, University of Kansas Cancer Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

    Sara Antonia Li Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics) (Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics)

  3. Department of Medical Nutrition, Center for Biotechnology, NOVUM, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden

    Jan-Åke Gustafsson M.D., Ph.D. (Professor and Chairman, Director) (Professor and Chairman, Director)

  4. Department of Molecular and Cell Biology, Cancer Research Center, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA

    Satyabrata Nandi Ph.D. (Professor of Cell and Development Biology) (Professor of Cell and Development Biology)

  5. Division of Cancer Etiology, Chemical and Physical Carcinogenesis Program, National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Lea I. Sekely Ph.D. (Program Director) (Program Director)

  6. University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, USA

    J. Jonathan Li Ph.D. (Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Director) & Sara Antonia Li Ph.D. (Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics) (Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics, Director) &  (Associate Professor of Pharmacology, Toxicology, and Therapeutics)

  7. National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA

    Lea I. Sekely Ph.D. (Program Director) (Program Director)

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Drife, J.O. (1996). Oral Contraceptives and the Risk of Breast and Cervical Cancer. In: Li, J.J., Li, S.A., Gustafsson, JÅ., Nandi, S., Sekely, L.I. (eds) Hormonal Carcinogenesis II. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-2332-0_37

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