Familial aggregation of breast/ovarian cancer: age of onset along subsequent generations in Brazil Agregação familiar de câncer de mama e ovário: idade de manifestação em gerações subseqüentes no Brasil

• Main Authors: Rosalina Jorge Koifman (Author), Sergio Koifman (Author), Roberto José da Silva Vieira (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Antecedents of familial aggregation of breast and ovarian cancer are observed in only 5-8% of all breast cancer cases. Nevertheless, this variable displays one of the highest risk ratios associated to breast cancer outcome. Despite recent identification of genetic mutations associated with familial...