Familial breast cancer in iceland
Abstract Women who have relatives known to have had breast cancer are at an increased risk of getting the disease compared with the general population. On the basis of an extensive collection of family trees of women with breast cancer, the magnitude of this increase in risk is computed. Previously...
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crwiley:10.1002/ijc.2910290402 2024-06-02T08:09:09+00:00 Familial breast cancer in iceland Tuljnius, Hrafn Bjarnason, Olafur Geirsson, Gunnlaugur Johannesson, Gudmundur Sigvaldason, Helgi Bjarnadotitr, Gudrun Grimsdottir, Kristin Day, Nicholas E. Liceaga Gonzalez, Maria A. De 1982 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910290402 https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fijc.2910290402 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/ijc.2910290402 en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor International Journal of Cancer volume 29, issue 4, page 365-371 ISSN 0020-7136 1097-0215 journal-article 1982 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1002/ijc.2910290402 2024-05-03T12:05:53Z Abstract Women who have relatives known to have had breast cancer are at an increased risk of getting the disease compared with the general population. On the basis of an extensive collection of family trees of women with breast cancer, the magnitude of this increase in risk is computed. Previously published results on other breast cancer risk factors are drawn upon and it has been possible to take account of some of these e.g., age, decade of birth, age at first childbirth and parity in the risk estimates. The relative risk with such adjustment is found to be 2.59 for mothers and 2.56 for sisters. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library International Journal of Cancer 29 4 365 371 |
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Abstract Women who have relatives known to have had breast cancer are at an increased risk of getting the disease compared with the general population. On the basis of an extensive collection of family trees of women with breast cancer, the magnitude of this increase in risk is computed. Previously published results on other breast cancer risk factors are drawn upon and it has been possible to take account of some of these e.g., age, decade of birth, age at first childbirth and parity in the risk estimates. The relative risk with such adjustment is found to be 2.59 for mothers and 2.56 for sisters. |
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Tuljnius, Hrafn Bjarnason, Olafur Geirsson, Gunnlaugur Johannesson, Gudmundur Sigvaldason, Helgi Bjarnadotitr, Gudrun Grimsdottir, Kristin Day, Nicholas E. Liceaga Gonzalez, Maria A. De |
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Tuljnius, Hrafn Bjarnason, Olafur Geirsson, Gunnlaugur Johannesson, Gudmundur Sigvaldason, Helgi Bjarnadotitr, Gudrun Grimsdottir, Kristin Day, Nicholas E. Liceaga Gonzalez, Maria A. De Familial breast cancer in iceland |
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Tuljnius, Hrafn Bjarnason, Olafur Geirsson, Gunnlaugur Johannesson, Gudmundur Sigvaldason, Helgi Bjarnadotitr, Gudrun Grimsdottir, Kristin Day, Nicholas E. Liceaga Gonzalez, Maria A. De |
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Familial breast cancer in iceland |
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Familial breast cancer in iceland |
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Familial breast cancer in iceland |
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