Journal article
Oral Contraceptive Use and Breast Cancer Risk: Retrospective and Prospective Analyses From a BRCA1 and BRCA2 Mutation Carrier Cohort Study
Abstract
BACKGROUND: For BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers, the association between oral contraceptive preparation (OCP) use and breast cancer (BC) risk is still unclear.
METHODS: Breast camcer risk associations were estimated from OCP data on 6030 BRCA1 and 3809 BRCA2 mutation carriers using age-dependent Cox regression, stratified by study and birth cohort. Prospective, left-truncated retrospective and full-cohort retrospective analyses were …
Authors
Schrijver LH; Olsson H; Phillips K-A; Terry MB; Goldgar DE; Kast K; Engel C; Mooij TM; Adlard J; Barrowdale D
Journal
JNCI Cancer Spectrum, Vol. 2, No. 2,
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Publication Date
April 1, 2018
DOI
10.1093/jncics/pky023
ISSN
2515-5091