Gene-environment interactions in breast cancer.

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Breast cancer is one of the most frequently diagnosed cancers in women. It accounts for 23% of all cancers, with an estimated 1.15 million new cases in 2002. The role of the environment, such as reproductive factors, has been well studied in many epidemiological studies. Breast cancers also tend to cluster in families and are more common in monozygotic twins. Some of this clustering occurs as part of specific...

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