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Breast cancer risk in opposite-sexed twins: influence of birth weight and co-twin birth weight.
Most, but not all, studies report a positive association between birth weight, as an indirect marker of prenatal hormone exposure, and offspring breast cancer risk, particularly premenopausal breast cancer. Females from opposite-sexed twin pairs may also be prenatally exposed to androgens from their twin brothers. A Swedish study of opposite-sexed twins with a small sample size found a very str...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Cancer
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0007-0920,1532-1827
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603122