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Risk of breast cancer in families of multiple affected women and men.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Apr 2012
Bevier Melanie, Sundquist Kristina, Hemminki Kari
Abstract excerpt
Family history of first and second-degree relatives is known to increase the risk for breast cancer. Less data are available on the risks between defined multiple affected close and distant relatives for which the reliability of data may be an issue. Data on affected males are sparse. These questions and the probable genetic models were addressed in this study by means of a nationwide Swedish Family-Cancer...
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