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Parity, Lactation, and Breast Cancer Subtypes in African American Women: Results from the AMBER Consortium
15 Sept 2014
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: African American (AA) women have a disproportionately high incidence of estrogen receptor-negative (ER-) breast cancer, a subtype with a largely unexplained etiology. Because childbearing patterns also differ by race/ethnicity, with higher parity and a lower prevalence of lactation in AA women, we investigated the relation of parity and lactation to risk of specific breast cancer subtypes. METHODS:...
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