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Fifty-year follow-up of cancer incidence in a historical cohort of Minnesota breast cancer families.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Dec 1999
Sellers T A, King R A, Cerhan J R, Chen P L, Grabrick D M, Kushi L H, Oetting W S, Vierkant R A, Vachon C M, Couch F J, Therneau T M, Olson J E, Pankratz V S, Hartmann L C, Anderson V E
Abstract excerpt
A family history of breast cancer is well established as a risk factor for the disease. Because family history is a dynamic rather than a static characteristic, longitudinal studies of entire families can be very instructive in quantifying the significance of risk classification. The Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study is a historical cohort study of relatives of a consecutive series of 426 breast cancer cases...
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