CHEK2*1100delC and male breast cancer risk in Israel

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Fewer than 1% of all breast cancers occur in males.1 Known risk factors for male breast cancer primarily include Klinefelter syndrome and other clinical conditions associated with aberrant hormonal status (e.g., benign breast disease and gynecomastia, liver cirrhosis, estrogen therapy, testicular pathologies), exposure ionizing radiation and either personal or family history of breast cancer.2, 3 Incidence of...

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