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Personal history of proliferative breast disease with atypia and risk of multifocal breast cancer.
Cancer - 1 Apr 2018
Nutter Ellen L, Weiss Julia E, Marotti Jonathan D, Barth Richard J, Eliassen M Scottie, Goodrich Martha E, Petersen Curtis L, Onega Tracy
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: A history of proliferative breast disease with atypia (PBDA) may be indicative of an increased risk not just of breast cancer but also of a more aggressive form of breast cancer. METHODS: Multifocal breast cancer (MFBC), defined as 2 or more tumors in the same breast upon a diagnosis of cancer, is associated with a poorer prognosis than unifocal (single-tumor) breast cancer. PBDA, including atypical...
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