Multiple births and risk of breast cancer

• Published in: International journal of cancer Vol. 62; no. 2; p. 162
• Main Authors: Dietz, A T, Newcomb, P A, Storer, B E, Longnecker, M P, Mittendorf, R
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 17.07.1995
• Subjects: Adult; Age Factors; Aged; Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology; Case-Control Studies; Female; Humans; Maine; Massachusetts; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; New Hampshire; Odds Ratio; Pregnancy; Pregnancy, Multiple; Time Factors; Wisconsin; Maine; Massachusetts; Wisconsin; New Hampshire

Data from a large, multicenter, population-based case-control study were analyzed to investigate the relation between multiple birth pregnancies and subsequent breast-cancer risk in the gravidas. Women less than 75 years old who had breast cancer were identified from statewide tumor registries in Wi...