The relationship between breast cancer risk and family history of cancer in first-degree relatives was investigated using data from a multicentric case-control study conducted in Italy between June 1991 and April 1994 on 2,569 women aged less than 75 years, with histologically confirmed incident bre
Family history and the risk of stomach and colorectal cancer
โ Scribed by Carlo La Vecchia; Eva Negri; Antonella Gentile; Silvia Franceschi
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1992
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 458 KB
- Volume
- 70
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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