Cancer mortality in the first degree relatives of young breast cancer patients.

In a retrospective cohort study, the mothers and sisters of 740 breast cancer patients aged under 36 at diagnosis have been studied for mortality and cancer incidence. Significantly increased breast cancer mortality was observed below age 60 (30 deaths; SMR = 3.4), but not at older ages (four deaths...

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Main Authors: Anderson, K. E., Easton, D. F., Matthews, F. E., Peto, J.
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 1992
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1977943/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1520598
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