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Review
. 2000 Sep 9;321(7261):624-8.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7261.624.

ABC of breast diseases. Breast cancer-epidemiology, risk factors, and genetics

K McPherson  1 , C M Steel, J M Dixon
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ABC of breast diseases. Breast cancer-epidemiology, risk factors, and genetics

K McPherson et al. BMJ. .
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Percentage of all deaths in women attributable to breast cancer
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Standardised mortality for breast cancer in different countries
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Age specific incidence and mortality for breast cancer in United Kingdom
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Annual incidence of breast cancer in Japanese women in Japan, Hawaii, and San Francisco and in white women from San Francisco
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Family tree of family with genetically inherited breast cancer
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Severe atypical lobular hyperplasia
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Relation between breast cancer mortality in various countries and fat consumption
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Cumulative risk of breast cancer in women who were aged 10-19 years when exposed to radiation from atomic bombs during the Second World War
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The effect of tamoxifen on the incidence of breast cancer in the NSABP Prevention Study in relation to age
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Mammograms of patient before and after three years of hormone replacement therapy showing increase in density caused by treatment
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The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) data illustrate the effects of tamoxifen on both invasive and non-invasive breast cancer. Data from the Royal Marsden and the Italian studies include only the number of invasive cancers. The raloxifene data include both invasive and non-invasive breast cancers
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