Cyclical mastalgia and breast cancer risk: results of a French cohort study.

doi:10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-05-0745

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Cyclical mastalgia and breast cancer risk: results of a French cohort study.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jun 2006

Plu-Bureau Geneviève, Lê Monique G, Sitruk-Ware Regine, Thalabard Jean-Christophe

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Cyclical mastalgia is a common complaint, with a potentially important relationship to breast cancer risk. In the last decade, case-control studies have reported that cyclical mastalgia could be considered as an independent risk factor for breast cancer. The subjectivity of a retrospectively collected symptom questioned the validity of this finding. We have examined the association between cyclical mastalgia and...

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