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Association of Common Genetic Variants With Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk in the WECARE Study.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute - 1 Oct 2017
Robson Mark E, Reiner Anne S, Brooks Jennifer D, Concannon Patrick J, John Esther M, Mellemkjaer Lene, Bernstein Leslie, Malone Kathleen E, Knight Julia A, Lynch Charles F, Woods Meghan, Liang Xiaolin, Haile Robert W, Duggan David J, Shore Roy E, Smith Susan A, Thomas Duncan C, Stram Daniel O, Bernstein Jonine L
Abstract excerpt
Background: Women with unilateral breast cancer (UBC) are at risk of developing a subsequent contralateral breast cancer (CBC). Common variants are associated with breast cancer risk. Whether these influence CBC risk is unknown. Methods: Participants were breast cancer cases from the population-based Women's Environmental Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology (WECARE) Study. Sixty-seven established breast cancer risk...
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