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Breastfeeding, PAM50 tumor subtype, and breast cancer prognosis and survival.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Jul 2015
Kwan Marilyn L, Bernard Philip S, Kroenke Candyce H, Factor Rachel E, Habel Laurel A, Weltzien Erin K, Castillo Adrienne, Gunderson Erica P, Maxfield Kaylynn S, Stijleman Inge J, Langholz Bryan M, Quesenberry Charles P, Kushi Lawrence H, Sweeney Carol, Caan Bette J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Breastfeeding is associated with decreased breast cancer risk, yet associations with prognosis and survival by tumor subtype are largely unknown. METHODS: We conducted a cohort study of 1636 women from two prospective breast cancer cohorts. Intrinsic tumor subtype (luminal A, luminal B, human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 [HER2]-enriched, basal-like) was determined by the PAM50 gene expression...
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