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Screening mammography and risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: a case-control study.
The Lancet. Oncology - 1 May 2006
Narod Steven A, Lubinski Jan, Ghadirian Parviz, Lynch Henry T, Moller Pal, Foulkes William D, Rosen Barry, Kim-Sing Charmaine, Isaacs Claudine, Domchek Susan, Domcheck Susan, Sun Ping
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BACKGROUND: Screening mammography is associated with a small dose of radiation to the breast, and women with increased genetic risk might be particularly sensitive to the DNA-damaging effects of ionising radiation. We aimed to assess whether exposure to ionising radiation through mammography scre...
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