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[Breast cancer genetics. BRCA1 and BRCA2: the main genes for disease predisposition].
Revista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion - 1 Jan 2000
Ruiz-Flores P, Calderón-Garcidueñas A L, Barrera-Saldaña H A
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer is among the most common world cancers. In Mexico this neoplasm has been progressively increasing since 1990 and is expected to continue. The risk factors for this disease are age, some reproductive factors, ionizing radiation, contraceptives, obesity and high fat diets, among other factors. The main risk factor for BC is a positive family history. Several families, in which clustering but no...
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