Familial aggregation of breast/ovarian cancer: age of onset along subsequent generations in Brazil
Antecedents of familial aggregation of breast and ovarian cancer are observed in only 5-8% of all breast cancer cases. Nevertheless, this variable displays one of the highest risk ratios associated to breast cancer outcome. Despite recent identification of genetic mutations associated with familial...
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Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
1998-01-01
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Series: | Cadernos de Saúde Pública |
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Online Access: | http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000700019 |