Diagnostic chest X-rays and breast cancer risk among women with a hereditary predisposition to breast cancer unexplained by a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation
Abstract Background Diagnostic ionizing radiation is a risk factor for breast cancer (BC). BC risk increases with increased dose to the chest and decreases with increased age at exposure, with possible effect modification related to familial or genetic predisposition. While chest X-rays increase the...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-08-01
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Series: | Breast Cancer Research |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13058-021-01456-1 |