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ABC of breast diseases. Breast cancer-epidemiology, risk factors, and genetics

K McPherson et al. BMJ. 2000.

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Percentage of all deaths in women attributable to breast cancer

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Standardised mortality for breast cancer in different countries

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Age specific incidence and mortality for breast cancer in United Kingdom

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Annual incidence of breast cancer in Japanese women in Japan, Hawaii, and San Francisco and in white women from San Francisco

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Family tree of family with genetically inherited breast cancer

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Severe atypical lobular hyperplasia

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Relation between breast cancer mortality in various countries and fat consumption

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Cumulative risk of breast cancer in women who were aged 10-19 years when exposed to radiation from atomic bombs during the Second World War

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The effect of tamoxifen on the incidence of breast cancer in the NSABP Prevention Study in relation to age

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Mammograms of patient before and after three years of hormone replacement therapy showing increase in density caused by treatment

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The National Surgical Adjuvant Breast and Bowel Project (NSABP) data illustrate the effects of tamoxifen on both invasive and non-invasive breast cancer. Data from the Royal Marsden and the Italian studies include only the number of invasive cancers. The raloxifene data include both invasive and non-invasive breast cancers

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