Associations between female lung cancer risk and sex steroid hormones: a systematic review and meta-analysis of the worldwide epidemiological evidence on endogenous and exogenous sex steroid hormones

Zeng, H; Yang, ZY; Li, J; Wen, Y; Wu, Z; Zheng, YD; Yu, YW; Xu, YJ; Gao, SG; Tan, FW; Li, N; Xue, Q; He, J

Tan, FW; Xue, Q (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Canc Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Canc, Dept Thorac Surg,Natl Canc Ctr, 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China.; Li, N (corresponding author), Chinese Acad Med Sci & Peking Union Med Coll, Canc Hosp, Natl Clin Res Ctr Canc, Off Canc Screening,Natl Canc Ctr, 17 Panjiayuan Nanli, Beijing 100021, Peoples R China.

BMC CANCER, 2021; 21 (1):

Abstract

Background Published findings suggest sex differences in lung cancer risk and a potential role for sex steroid hormones. Our aim was to perform a meta......

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