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Evaluation of established breast cancer risk factors as modifiers of BRCA1 or BRCA2: a multi-center case-only analysis.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Nov 2010
Moorman Patricia G, Iversen Edwin S, Marcom P Kelly, Marks Jeffrey R, Wang Frances, Lee Eunjung, Ursin Giske, Rebbeck Timothy R, Domchek Susan M, Arun Banu, Susswein Lisa, Isaacs Claudine, Garber Judy E, Visvanathan Kala, Griffin Constance A, Sutphen Rebecca, Brzosowicz Jennifer, Gruber Stephen, Finkelstein Dianne M, Schildkraut Joellen M
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The incomplete penetrance of mutations in BRCA1 and BRCA2 suggests that some combination of environmental and genetic factors modifies the risk of breast cancer in mutation carriers. This study sought to identify possible interactions between established breast cancer risk factors and BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutations using a case-only study design. Breast cancer cases that had been tested for BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations...
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