Breast cancer risk in male twins: joint analyses of four twin cohorts in Denmark, Finland, Sweden and the United States.

To test the hypothesis that in utero exposure to high levels of oestrogen increases the risk of male breast cancer, we followed 115 235 male twins for more than 3.5 million person-years at risk. We observed 11 cases of male breast cancer versus 16.16 expected based on national rates (standardized ra...

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Main Authors: Whiteman, D, Murphy, M, Verkasalo, P, Page, W, Floderus, B, Skytthe, A, Holm, N
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2000

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