Hospital recorded morbidity and breast cancer incidence: a nationwide population-based case-control study.

INTRODUCTION: Chronic diseases and their complications may increase breast cancer risk through known or still unknown mechanisms, or by shared causes. The association between morbidities and breast cancer risk has not been studied in depth. METHODS: Data on all Danish women aged 45 to 85 years, diag...

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Main Authors: Anne Gulbech Ording, Jens Peter Garne, Petra Mariann Witt Nyström, Deirdre Cronin-Fenton, Maja Tarp, Henrik Toft Sørensen, Timothy L Lash
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3477157?pdf=render