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[Breast cancer in monozygotic twins].
Klinicka onkologie : casopis Ceske a Slovenske onkologicke spolecnosti - 1 Jan 2013
Hladíková A, Plevová P, Macháčková E
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SUMMARY: Breast cancer is a multifactorial disease. Twin studies comparing the disease concordance rate in identical twin pairs serve to differentiate the influence of genetic and environmental factors in the disease development. AIM OF THE STUDY: To assess breast cancer risk for an identical twin sister of a patient with breast cancer. PATIENTS AND METHODS: Five monozygotic twin families were examined during...
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