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Family history of breast cancer and all-cause mortality after breast cancer diagnosis in the Breast Cancer Family Registry.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Sept 2009
Chang Ellen T, Milne Roger L, Phillips Kelly-Anne, Figueiredo Jane C, Sangaramoorthy Meera, Keegan Theresa H M, Andrulis Irene L, Hopper John L, Goodwin Pamela J, O'Malley Frances P, Weerasooriya Nayana, Apicella Carmel, Southey Melissa C, Friedlander Michael L, Giles Graham G, Whittemore Alice S, West Dee W, John Esther M
Abstract excerpt
Although having a family history of breast cancer is a well established breast cancer risk factor, it is not known whether it influences mortality after breast cancer diagnosis. We studied 4,153 women with first primary incident invasive breast cancer diagnosed between 1991 and 2000, and enrolled in the Breast Cancer Family Registry through population-based sampling in Northern California, USA; Ontario, Canada;...
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