No increased risk of breast cancer associated with alcohol consumption among carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations ages <50 years

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1565-1567

  McGuire, Valerie ^a,n   John, Esther M ^b   Felberg, Anna ^a   Haile, Robert W ^c   Boyd, Norman F ^d   Thomas, Duncan C ^c   Jenkins, Mark A ^g   Milne, Roger L ^g,m   Daly, Mary B ^h   Ward, John ⁱ   Terry, Mary Beth ^j   Andrulis, Irene L ^e,f   Knight, Julia A ^e,f   Godwin, Andrew K ^h   Giles, Graham G ^g,k   Southey, Melissa ^g,l   West, Dee W ^a,b   Hopper, John L ^g   Whittemore, Alice S ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN CALIFORNIA CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^j Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^k CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^l INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^m Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Oncológicas   (Spain)

ⁿ STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 33748029771     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-06-0323     Document Type: Article

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