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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 patho...
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