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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Main Authors: Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Sergio Koifman, Roberto José da Silva Vieira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz
Series:Cadernos de Saúde Pública
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-311X1998000700019&lng=en&tlng=en