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Hormone replacement therapy is more prevalent among Jewish BRCA1/2 mutation carriers.
European journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990) - 1 Mar 2006
Sade Revital Bruchim Bar, Chetrit Angela, Figer Arie, Papa Moshe Z, Flex Dov, Rizel Shulamit, Friedman Eitan
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this study was to compare reproductive factors, use of oral contraceptives (OC) and hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in consecutive Jewish Ashkenazi breast cancer patients, with and without BRCA1/BRCA2 mutations. Jewish Israeli women with breast cancer (n=385) were genotyped for the three predominant Jewish mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2, and data on reproductive factors, OC and HRT use, were analyzed...
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