Incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women exposed to the 1959–1961 great Chinese famine

Incidence of breast cancer in Chinese women exposed to the 1959–1961 great Chinese famine

Abstract Background The association of malnutrition in early life with breast cancer risk has been studied in Europe by investigating survivors of the Dutch Hunger Winter Famine, but not in China. We evaluated the effect of exposure to the 1959–1961 Great Leap Forward famine on subsequent breast can...

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Main Authors: Dandan He, Yuan Fang, Marc J. Gunter, Dongli Xu, Yanping Zhao, Jie Zhou, Hong Fang, Wang Hong Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Breast cancer
Chinese women
Incidence
The great leap forward famine
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3794-3

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