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Article: Report summarizes breast cancer risk factors study findings from University of Wisconsin, Comprehensive Cancer Center.
- Article from:
- Health & Medicine Week
- Article date:
- May 26, 2008
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Fresh data on breast cancer are presented in the report 'Effects of birth order and maternal age on breast cancer risk: modification by whether women had been breast-fed.' "Early life risk factors for breast cancer have been investigated in relation to hormonal, nutritional, infectious, and genetic hypotheses. Recent studies have also considered potential health effects associated with exposure to environmental contaminants in breastmilk," scientists in the United States report (see also
Breast Cancer Risk Factors
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"We analyzed data from a population-based case-control study of women living in Wisconsin. Cases (n=2016) had an incident diagnosis of invasive ...