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Breast cancer prognosis is inherited independently of patient, tumor and treatment characteristics.
International journal of cancer - 1 May 2012
Verkooijen Helena M, Hartman Mikael, Usel Massimo, Benhamou Simone, Neyroud-Caspar Isabelle, Czene Kamila, Vlastos Georges, Chappuis Pierre O, Bouchardy Christine, Rapiti Elisabetta
Abstract excerpt
Population-based studies have shown a concordance of breast cancer survival among first-degree relatives (FDRs), suggesting a heritable component. Reasons for such heritability remain to be elucidated. We aimed to determine whether association of breast cancer survival among FDRs is linked to shared patient and tumor characteristics or type of treatment. At the population-based Geneva Breast Cancer Registry, we...
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