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The genetic attributable risk of breast and ovarian cancer.
Cancer - 1 Jun 1996
Claus E B, Schildkraut J M, Thompson W D, Risch N J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: The age-specific proportion of breast and ovarian cancer in the general population that is likely to be due to a breast/ovarian cancer susceptibility gene(s) is estimated. In addition, the age-specific penetrance of ovarian cancer for women predicted to be carriers of a susceptibility gene is calculated using population-based data. METHODS: Data are from the Cancer and Steroid Hormone Study, a...
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