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High risk of contralateral breast carcinoma in women with hereditary/familial non-BRCA1/BRCA2 breast carcinoma.
Cancer - 15 Mar 2006
Shahedi Katarina, Emanuelsson Monica, Wiklund Fredrik, Gronberg Henrik
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BACKGROUND: The objectives of the current study were to estimate the risk of developing contralateral breast carcinoma (CBC) among women with hereditary/familial non-BRCA1/BRCA2 breast carcinoma and to determine the factors that may predict their risk of CBC. METHODS: The study sample consisted of all families (n = 217 families) that were referred between 1994-2001 to the Clinic of Cancer Genetics at the...
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