Breast Cancer Research

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The Million Women Study: design and characteristics of the study population

The Million Women Study Collaborative Group

  • Correspondence: The Million Women Study Collaborative Group

Breast Cancer Res 1999, 1:73-80 doi:10.1186/bcr16

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Reported frequency of physical activity in a large epidemiological study: relationship to specific activities and repeatability over time

Miranda EG Armstrong, Benjamin J Cairns, Jane Green, Gillian K Reeves, Valerie Beral, BMC Medical Research Methodology 2011, 11:97 (22 June 2011)

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The effect of menopause and hysterectomy on systemic vascular endothelial growth factor in women undergoing surgery for breast cancer

Aoife J Lowery, Karl J Sweeney, Alan P Molloy, Emer Hennessy, Catherine Curran, Michael J Kerin BMC Cancer 2008, 8:279 (30 September 2008)

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Hormone replacement therapy and false positive recall in the Million Women Study: patterns of use, hormonal constituents and consistency of effect

Emily Banks, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, Diana Bull, Barbara Crossley, Moya Simmonds, Elizabeth Hilton, Stephen Bailey, Nigel Barrett, Peter Briers, Ruth English, Alan Jackson, Elizabeth Kutt, Janet Lavelle, Linda Rockall, Matthew G Wallis, Mary Wilson, Julietta Patnick Breast Cancer Research 2006, 8:R8 (23 December 2005)

Women who use oestrogen-only or oestrogen-progestagen hormone replacement therapy (HRT) are more likely to be recalled to mammography assessment with no subsequent diagnosis of breast cancer, compared to women who have never used HRT reveals the Million Women Study.

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Breast cancer histological classification: agreement between the Office for National Statistics and the National Health Service Breast Screening Programme

Toral Gathani, Diana Bull, Jane Green, Gillian Reeves, Valerie Beral, Breast Cancer Research 2005, 7:R1090-R1096 (9 November 2005)

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Comparison of various characteristics of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening

Emily Banks, Valerie Beral, Rebecca Cameron, Ann Hogg, Nicola Langley, Isobel Barnes, Diana Bull, Gillian Reeves, Ruth English, Sarah Taylor, Jon Elliman, Carole Lole Harris Breast Cancer Res 2002, 4:R1 (6 November 2001)