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The association between smoking and cancer incidence in BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers

Abstract

Tobacco smoke is an established carcinogen, but the association between tobacco smoking and cancer risk in BRCA mutation carriers is not clear. The aim of this study was to evaluate prospectively the association between tobacco smoking and cancer incidence in a cohort of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation carriers. The study population consisted of unaffected BRCA mutation carriers. Information on lifestyle including smoking histories, reproductive …

Authors

Ko K; Kim SJ; Huzarski T; Gronwald J; Lubinski J; Lynch HT; Armel S; Park SK; Karlan B; Singer CF

Journal

International Journal of Cancer, Vol. 142, No. 11, pp. 2263–2272

Publisher

Wiley

Publication Date

June 2018

DOI

10.1002/ijc.31257

ISSN

0020-7136