## Abstract A large number of women survive a diagnosis of breast cancer. Knowledge of their risk of developing a new primary cancer is important not only in relation to potential side effects of their cancer treatment, but also in relation to the possibility of shared etiology with other types of
Breast cancer risk factors and second primary malignancies among women with breast cancer
β Scribed by Amy Trentham-Dietz; Polly A. Newcomb; Hazel B. Nichols; John M. Hampton
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 995 KB
- Volume
- 105
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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