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Cancer risk in close relatives of women with early-onset breast cancer--a population-based incidence study.
British journal of cancer - 1 Feb 1999
Olsen J H, Seersholm N, Boice J D, Krüger Kjaer S, Fraumeni J F
Abstract excerpt
Inherited susceptibility to breast cancer is associated with an early onset and bilateral disease. The extent of familial risks has not, however, been fully assessed in population-based incidence studies. The purpose of the study was to quantify the risks for cancers of the breast, ovary and other sites of close relatives of women in whom breast cancer was diagnosed at an early age. Records collected between 1943...
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