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 of breast cancer in first-degree relatives and triple-negative breast cancer risk
β Scribed by Amanda I. Phipps; Diana S. M. Buist; Kathleen E. Malone; William E. Barlow; Peggy L. Porter; Karla Kerlikowske; Christopher I. Li
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 196 KB
- Volume
- 126
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0167-6806
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