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European ancestry is positively associated with breast cancer risk in Mexican women.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Apr 2010
Fejerman Laura, Romieu Isabelle, John Esther M, Lazcano-Ponce Eduardo, Huntsman Scott, Beckman Kenneth B, Pérez-Stable Eliseo J, González Burchard Esteban, Ziv Elad, Torres-Mejía Gabriela
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of breast cancer is 35% lower in Hispanic women living in the San Francisco Bay Area than in non-Hispanic White women. We have previously described a significant association between genetic ancestry and risk for breast cancer in a sample of U.S. Hispanics/Latinas. We retested the association in women residing in Mexico because of the possibility that the original finding may be confounded by U.S....
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