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Second primary breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers: 10-year cumulative incidence in the Breast Cancer Family Registry.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jun 2015
Menes Tehillah S, Terry Mary Beth, Goldgar David, Andrulis Irene L, Knight Julia A, John Esther M, Liao Yuyan, Southey Melissa, Miron Alexander, Chung Wendy, Buys Saundra S
Abstract excerpt
BReast CAncer genes 1 and 2 (BRCA1 and BRCA2) mutation carriers diagnosed with breast cancer are at increased risk of developing a second primary breast cancer. Data from high-risk clinics may be subject to different biases which can cause both over and underestimation of this risk. Using data from a large multi-institutional family registry we estimated the 10-year cumulative risk of second primary breast cancer...
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