Mammographic density and breast cancer: a comparison of related and unrelated controls in the Breast Cancer Family Registry

INTRODUCTION: Percent mammographic density (PMD) is a strong and highly heritable risk factor for breast cancer. Studies of the role of PMD in familial breast cancer may require controls, such as the sisters of cases, selected from the same 'risk set' as the cases. The use of sister contro...

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Autores principales: Linton, Linda, Martin, Lisa J, Li, Qing, Huszti, Ella, Minkin, Salomon, John, Esther M, Rommens, Johanna, Paterson, Andrew D, Boyd, Norman F
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr3430

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3706877/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23705888
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/bcr3430

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