Antipsychotic Drug Use and Postmenopausal Breast Cancer Risk in the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI): A Prospective Cohort Study
Breast cancer is the most prevalent form of cancer and the second leading cause of mortality, affecting 1 in 9 women in the United States. Recent studies have shown that antipsychotic drug use is associated with increased prolactin levels, which, in turn, is associated with increased risk of breast...
Main Author: | George, Anna |
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Format: | Others |
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ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst
2019
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Online Access: | https://scholarworks.umass.edu/masters_theses_2/774 https://scholarworks.umass.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1821&context=masters_theses_2 |
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