Breast cancer risk in male twins: joint analyses of four twin cohorts in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United States

To test the hypothesis that in utero exposure to high levels of oestrogen increases the risk of male breast cancer, we followed 115 235 male twins for more than 3.5 million person-years at risk. We observed 11 cases of male breast cancer versus 16.16 expected based on national rates (standardized ra...

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Autores principales: Whiteman, D C, Murphy, M F G, Verkasalo, P K, Page, W F, Floderus, B, Skytthe, A, Holm, N V
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2000
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2363585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11027438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1468

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2363585/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11027438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1054/bjoc.2000.1468

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