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Breast cancer risk in relation to the joint effect of BRCA mutations and diet diversity.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Sept 2009
Ghadirian Parviz, Narod Steven, Fafard Eve, Costa Myriam, Robidoux André, Nkondjock André
Abstract excerpt
It has been suggested that gene-environment interaction is related to the risk of cancer. To evaluate departure from multiplicative effects between BRCA mutations and diet diversity in breast cancer (BC), a case-only study was carried out in a French-Canadian population including 738 patients with incident primary BC comprising 38 BRCA mutation carriers. Diet diversity was assessed using a validated food...
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