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BRCA1 susceptibility markers and postmenopausal breast cancer: the Iowa Women's Health Study.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 May 2000
Thompson J A, Chen P L, King R A, Rich S S, Oetting W S, Armstrong C, Folsom A R, Sellers T A
Abstract excerpt
Much research on early-onset breast cancer families has been performed and has shown that breast cancer in many of these families is linked to either BRCA1 or BRCA2. Fewer studies have examined the role of genetic predisposition in postmenopausal breast cancer. A nested case-control family study of breast cancer was conducted within the Iowa Women's Health Study, a population-based prospective study of 41,836...
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