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Family history of breast cancer and local recurrence after breast-conserving therapy. The Dutch Study Group on Local Recurrence after Breast Conservation (BORST).
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Apr 1999
Brekelmans C T, Voogd A C, Botke G, van Geel B N, Rodrigus P, Rutgers E J, Klijn J G, Coebergh J W
Abstract excerpt
The impact of a family history of breast cancer on the local recurrence (LR) risk after breast-conserving therapy (BCT) was performed within the framework of a large, multicentre matched case-control study of risk factors for LR after BCT (BORST study). Family history was assessed for 218 breast cancer patients with LR (cases) and 480 patients without LR (controls). Detailed histological tumour features were...
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