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Hormone receptor status of a first primary breast cancer predicts contralateral breast cancer risk in the WECARE study population.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 19 Jul 2017
Reiner Anne S, Lynch Charles F, Sisti Julia S, John Esther M, Brooks Jennifer D, Bernstein Leslie, Knight Julia A, Hsu Li, Concannon Patrick, Mellemkjær Lene, Tischkowitz Marc, Haile Robert W, Shen Ronglai, Malone Kathleen E, Woods Meghan, Liang Xiaolin, Morrow Monica, Bernstein Jonine L
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BACKGROUND: Previous population-based studies have described first primary breast cancer tumor characteristics and their association with contralateral breast cancer (CBC) risk. However, information on influential covariates such as treatment, family history of breast cancer, and BRCA1/2 mutation carrier status was not available. In a large, population-based, case-control study, we evaluated whether tumor...
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