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Interval breast cancer is associated with other types of tumors.
Nature communications - 22 Oct 2019
Grassmann Felix, He Wei, Eriksson Mikael, Gabrielson Marike, Hall Per, Czene Kamila
Abstract excerpt
Breast cancer (BC) patients diagnosed between two screenings (interval cancers) are more likely than screen-detected patients to carry rare deleterious mutations in cancer genes potentially leading to increased risk for other non-breast cancer (non-BC) tumors. In this study, we include 14,846 women diagnosed with BC of which 1,772 are interval and 13,074 screen-detected. Compared to women with screen-detected...
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