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Set-up of a population-based familial breast cancer registry in Geneva, Switzerland: validation of first results.

Annals of oncology : official journal of the European Society for Medical Oncology - 1 Feb 2004

Verkooijen H M, Fioretta G, Chappuis P O, Vlastos G, Sappino A P, Benhamou S, Bouchardy C

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BACKGROUND: This article evaluates the accuracy of family history of breast and ovarian cancer among first-degree relatives of breast cancer patients, retrospectively collected during the setting up of a population-based family breast cancer registry. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Family histories of cancer for all women with breast cancer recorded at the Geneva Cancer Registry from 1990 to 1999 were retrospectively...

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PMID: 14760133
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh072

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