Glossary
- Acini
- Additive effect
- Adolescence
- Agonist
- Androgen
- Angiogenesis
- Antagonist
- Aquifer
- Benign
- Body burden
- BRCA1
- BRCA2
- Carcinogen
- Carcinogenic
- Cell cycle
- Cell differentiation
- Cell metabolism
- Critical periods (periods of susceptibility)
- DNA
- DNA replication and synthesis
- Ductal cells
- Endocrine disruptors
- Enzyme
- Epigenetic
- Epithelial cells
- Estradiol
- Estrogen
- Estrogen metabolites
- Estrogen mimickers
- Estrogen receptors
- Estrogenic
- Extracellular matrix (ECM)
- Gene
- Gene interaction
- Gene expression
- Genotype
- Heavy metals
- Hormone
- Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)
- Inherited factors
- In utero
- In vivo
- Invasive cancer
- Lactation
- Lobules
- Lobular cells
- Lymphatic (immune) system
- Malignant
- Mammary system
- Menarche
- Menopause
- Metabolite
- Metastasis
- Mitosis
- Mutation
- Nucleotide
- Oncogene
- PAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)
- PAH-DNA adducts
- Parabens
- Pathway
- PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls)
- Phenotype
- Phthalates
- Phytoestrogens
- Polygenetic
- Precautionary principle
- Progesterone
- Progestin
- Proliferation
- PVC (polyvinyl chloride)
- Radiation
- Regulatory genes
- Risk factor
- Subcutaneous treatment
- Synergism
- Terminal end buds
- Thelarche
- Tumor suppressor gene
- Variable penetrance
- Xenoestrogens