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Infertility, treatment of infertility, and the risk of breast cancer among women with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations: a case-control study.
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Dec 2008
Kotsopoulos Joanne, Librach Clifford L, Lubinski Jan, Gronwald Jacek, Kim-Sing Charmaine, Ghadirian Parviz, Lynch Henry T, Moller Pal, Foulkes William D, Randall Susan, Manoukian Siranoush, Pasini Barbara, Tung Nadine, Ainsworth Peter J, Cummings Shelly, Sun Ping, Narod Steven A
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BACKGROUND: Women with a breast cancer susceptibility gene 1 (BRCA1) or breast cancer susceptibility gene 2 (BRCA2) mutation are at increased risk for developing breast and ovarian cancer. Various reproductive and hormonal factors have been shown to modify the risk of breast cancer. These studies...
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