Review: breast cancer is associated with a family history of the disease in first degree relatives.
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D a t a e x t r a c t i o n Principal investigators of the included studies were contacted for data on each woman regarding whether any of her first-degree female relatives (mother, sisters, or daughters) had been diagnosed with breast cancer and, if so, their age when the diagnosis was made. Data were also collected on the numbers of sisters and daughters of each woman and the ages of each unaffected first-degree female relative.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Evidence-based nursing
دوره 5 3 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2002