Title |
Breastfeeding and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
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Published in |
Breast Cancer Research, March 2012
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DOI | 10.1186/bcr3138 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Joanne Kotsopoulos, Jan Lubinski, Leonardo Salmena, Henry T Lynch, Charmaine Kim-Sing, William D Foulkes, Parviz Ghadirian, Susan L Neuhausen, Rochelle Demsky, Nadine Tung, Peter Ainsworth, Leigha Senter, Andrea Eisen, Charis Eng, Christian Singer, Ophira Ginsburg, Joanne Blum, Tomasz Huzarski, Aletta Poll, Ping Sun, Steven A Narod, the Hereditary Breast Cancer Clinical Study Group |
Abstract |
Breastfeeding has been inversely related to breast cancer risk in the general population. Clarifying the role of breastfeeding among women with a BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation may be helpful for risk assessment and for recommendations regarding prevention. We present an updated analysis of breastfeeding and risk of breast cancer using a large matched sample of BRCA mutation carriers. |
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Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 9 | 24% |
United States | 7 | 19% |
United Kingdom | 4 | 11% |
United Arab Emirates | 1 | 3% |
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 1 | 3% |
Mexico | 1 | 3% |
Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
Philippines | 1 | 3% |
Colombia | 1 | 3% |
Other | 2 | 5% |
Unknown | 9 | 24% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 30 | 81% |
Scientists | 4 | 11% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 3 | 8% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Canada | 2 | 1% |
United States | 2 | 1% |
Portugal | 1 | <1% |
Mexico | 1 | <1% |
United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
Greece | 1 | <1% |
Russia | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 138 | 94% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Bachelor | 23 | 16% |
Student > Master | 20 | 14% |
Researcher | 19 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 15 | 10% |
Student > Postgraduate | 12 | 8% |
Other | 19 | 13% |
Unknown | 39 | 27% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 48 | 33% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 18 | 12% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 13 | 9% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 10 | 7% |
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 2% |
Other | 10 | 7% |
Unknown | 45 | 31% |