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. 2006 Nov-Dec;18(6):853-6.
doi: 10.1002/ajhb.20564.

A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: a preliminary study

R C Painter  1 , S R De Rooij, P M M Bossuyt, C Osmond, D J P Barker, O P Bleker, T J Roseboom
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A possible link between prenatal exposure to famine and breast cancer: a preliminary study

R C Painter et al. Am J Hum Biol. 2006 Nov-Dec.

Abstract

In a study of 475 women born around the 1944-1945 Dutch famine, women exposed to prenatal famine more often reported a history of breast cancer than nonexposed women (hazard ratio, 2.6; 95% confidence interval, 0.9-7.7). They also had alterations in reproductive risk factors. Prenatal famine may increase breast cancer incidence.

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