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Family history of breast cancer as a risk factor for ovarian cancer in a prospective study.
Cancer - 1 Sept 2006
Kazerouni Neely, Greene Mark H, Lacey James V, Mink Pamela J, Schairer Catherine
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A family history of breast cancer has been associated with increased ovarian cancer risk. However, few studies have assessed risk according to characteristics that suggest an inherited cancer susceptibility disorder, such as earlier-than-usual age at cancer diagnosis, family members with double primary cancers of different types, multiple relatives with cancer, and cancer in both members of paired...
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