Puberty and Genetic Susceptibility to Breast Cancer in a Case–Control Study in Twins
Open Access
- 5 June 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Massachusetts Medical Society in New England Journal of Medicine
- Vol. 348 (23), 2313-2322
- https://doi.org/10.1056/nejmoa021293
Abstract
Breast cancer is thought to result from excessive cumulative exposure to ovarian hormones. Different predictors of hereditary and sporadic breast cancer suggest different pathogenic mechanisms. Affected twin pairs may help to illustrate such differences.This publication has 23 references indexed in Scilit:
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