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Genetic factors related to racial variation in plasma levels of insulin-like growth factor-1: implications for premenopausal breast cancer risk.
Molecular genetics and metabolism - 1 Feb 2001
Jernström H, Chu W, Vesprini D, Tao Y, Majeed N, Deal C, Pollak M, Narod S A
Abstract excerpt
The oral contraceptive pill is associated with a modest increase in the risk of early-onset breast cancer in the general population, but it is possible that the risk is higher in certain subgroups of women. The relative risk of breast cancer associated with oral contraceptive use has been reported to be higher for African-American women than for white women. African-American women also have a higher incidence of...
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