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Breast cancer onset in twins and women with bilateral disease.

Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 1 Sept 2008

Hartman Mikael, Hall Per, Edgren Gustaf, Reilly Marie, Lindstrom Linda, Lichtenstein Paul, Kaprio Jaakko, Skytthe Axel, Peto Julian, Czene Kamila

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PURPOSE: Little is known of the onset of breast cancer in high-risk populations. We investigated the risk of breast cancer in twin sisters and in the contralateral breast taking family history into consideration. PATIENTS AND METHODS: We analyzed a Scandinavian population-based cohort of 2,499 female twin pairs, in which at least one had a diagnosis of breast cancer and estimated the risk of breast cancer in the...

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PMID: 18591548
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2007.14.3198

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