Breast cancer incidence subsequent to surgical reduction of the female breast

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 961-963

  Baasch, M ^a   Nielsen, S F ^b   Engholm, G ^a   Lund, K ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c Professor Dr Odont   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast cancer risk; Breast hypertrophy; Reduction mammoplasty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST HYPERTROPHY; BREAST REDUCTION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK;

EID: 0030005927     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.172     Document Type: Article

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