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Investigation of an interaction of alcohol intake and family history on breast cancer risk in the Minnesota Breast Cancer Family Study.
Cancer - 15 Jul 2001
Vachon C M, Cerhan J R, Vierkant R A, Sellers T A
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BACKGROUND: One explanation for the variability in results in studies of alcohol consumption and breast cancer could be the presence of effect modifiers, such as genetic susceptibility. The authors examined the interaction of alcohol and family history of breast cancer on breast cancer risk in a population-based family study of 426 multigenerational breast cancer families. The authors evaluated whether alcohol...
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