Journal article
Age at menarche and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers
Abstract
Age at menarche is a strong and consistent predictor of breast cancer risk in the general population, but has not been well studied in women with a family history of breast cancer. We conducted this study to examine whether the presence of a deleterious BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation influences age at menarche and to investigate whether or not there is an association between age at menarche and the risk of breast cancer in BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation …
Authors
Kotsopoulos J; Lubinski J; Lynch HT; Neuhausen SL; Ghadirian P; Isaacs C; Weber B; Kim-Sing C; Foulkes WD; Gershoni-Baruch R
Journal
Cancer Causes & Control, Vol. 16, No. 6, pp. 667–674
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
August 2005
DOI
10.1007/s10552-005-1724-1
ISSN
0957-5243