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Familial relative risks for breast cancer by pathological subtype: a population-based cohort study.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 1 Jan 2010
Mavaddat Nasim, Pharoah Paul D, Blows Fiona, Driver Kristy E, Provenzano Elena, Thompson Deborah, Macinnis Robert J, Shah Mitul, Easton Douglas F, Antoniou Antonis C
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INTRODUCTION: The risk of breast cancer to first degree relatives of breast cancer patients is approximately twice that of the general population. Breast cancer, however, is a heterogeneous disease and it is plausible that the familial relative risk (FRR) for breast cancer may differ by the pathological subtype of the tumour. The contribution of genetic variants associated with breast cancer susceptibility to the...
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